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Many of you know - and supported - Gloria, around the London Marathon last year. We were overwhelmed by the sponsorship offered to Gloria, and for the support given before and on the day by so many. As a result, the St Richards Hospice in Worcester and the patients it compassionately cares for benefitted from the £9099 raised from Gloria's London Marathon donations, which to put this into perspective is equivalent to what is required to fund the in-patient unit for just over 24 hours, or the day unit for just under 1 week.

St Richards need for funding goes on and on, and for us represents a vital part of our memories of a difficult time when they gave the best of care to our daughter Laura who at the age of 27 found herself in need of their end of life care. We will never forget how the St Richards team supported Laura, and all close to her, and made the darkest time of our respective lives that little bit more bearable.

We will always support the hospice and do a number of things to try to repay them, and to ensure that they can continue to support more individuals and families in the future.

For us, this year's "big thing" will see Gloria and Mark joining a group of other like minded fellows on a trip to Nepal where we will spend some time volunteering in a local hospice, after which we will complete a 6 day trek in the Annapurna region of the Himalayas.

This trip will be trying, but is intended to raise as much as we can for St Richards Hospice, so we would really appreciate it if you could spare anything that you can to sponsor us, as we would love to contribute as much as possible to the continuation of this worthy cause.

With the greatest of thanks,

Gloria and Mark xx

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