<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">I've&nbsp;joined together with some other lovely people&nbsp;to help&nbsp;raise money for Hanna's Orphanage in Ethiopia, <strong><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">by completing four fundraising runs by June.</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">Hanna&rsquo;s Orphanage is a small charity set up to help vulnerable children of Ethiopia by supporting the maintenance and expansion of Hanna Orphans Home.&nbsp;The charity&nbsp;fundraises in the UK for the orphanage, and provide them with toys, books, clothes and sports equipment and anything else they need. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Our first run&nbsp;was the Major Series on March 17th which&nbsp;was more of an assault course than a run. It&nbsp;involved scrambling through trenches of mud, clambering up steep hills and struggling over haystacks...as you can see from my lovely photo's!</span></span> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">You can watch a video of the Major Series here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwBQp89GuI&amp;amp;amp;amp;lr=1"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwBQp89GuI&amp;lr=1</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;My next race is the Hertford 10k run on April 15th - after that it will be two down and two to go!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;, &#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you so much to those who have already sponsored me &ndash; my last race is in June so there is still plenty of time to help me reach my target of &pound;500 &ndash; I have raised &pound;353 now for Hanna&rsquo;s so I&rsquo;m really pleased and optimistic that come my fourth race I should have hit it!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">We found out the other day that the money raised is being used to by beds for the children so that they have their own bed each as opposed to sharing. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also if you haven&rsquo;t looked into the charity already please spend a few minutes reading this blog article about Hanna Teshome the founder of Hanna&rsquo;s in Ethiopia &ndash; a truly incredible and inspiring woman;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><a href="http://vincecrawley.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/at-hannas-orphans-home-big-sister-cares-for-more-than-200-kids-in-ethiopia/"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://vincecrawley.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/at-hannas-orphans-home-big-sister-cares-for-more-than-200-kids-in-ethiopia/</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charity site in Ethiopia;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black;"><a href="http://www.hannaorphanshome.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=19&amp;amp;Itemid=27"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.hannaorphanshome.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=27</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;Please dig deep for this very worthwhile cause - every single penny is much appreciated.</span></p> </span></span> <p><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> </p> </span></p>