December 2012/January 2013 - Watlington Parish Council

RUNNING THE MARATHONS
Paula and Nick say:
Nick and I have recently taken part in two
half Marathons to raise funds for Valley of
Hope (UK) Charity
www.valleyofhopecharity.org
Our first was in May when we ran in
Helsinki, Finland, my home city. Followed
by the October run in Henley-on-Thames
near Watlington (Nick’s hometown).
Valley of Hope is chaired by Nick’s Dad
and local Rector, Christopher. We’re really
excited to be running both for the people of
Mothibistad, to whose lives your donations
will be of such direct benefit, and, on a
personal level, for Nick’s Dad, whose tireless
efforts in leading Valley of Hope continue to
bring real hope to people whose lives are
afflicted by HIV/AIDS. Your donation will make a
really valuable difference.
Thank you all for your fantastic level of support!
Paula Ahvonen & Nick Evans
www.charitygiving.co.uk/valleyofhope2012b
Jeremy & Chrissie say:
We live in Watlington, and our way of helping
the Valley of Hope Charity to fundraise for
monthly Grocery parcels has been by running
the Henley Half Marathon in 2011 and more
recently the Dublin Marathon on 29th October
2012, to raise sponsorship money.
We can at least run, albeit slowly, but some
of those who benefit from the Valley of Hope
parcels are too ill to run. It seemed when we
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