Dear Runner
Please Will You Run For Us - The Official Race Charities - CLIC Sargent, the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund and the Mayor of Reading's Charities.
This letter is to ask for your support. Running a marathon is a tremendous achievement - please will you ask your friends and relatives to recognise the enormity of your challenge by sponsoring you and donating your sponsorship money to the Official Charities. Below are just a few reasons why you might like to help.
Every 24 hours, 10 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia. From that moment on their lives will never be the same again. By running for CLIC Sargent you will help us be there for each family, caring every step of the way. We look after children and young people with cancer and leukaemia and their families through nurses, social workers, homes from home, research, financial support and advice, and holidays.
The Fire Services National Benevolent Fund (FSNBF) provides a range of services that improve the quality of life for serving and retired Fire Service personnel and their families. In January 2006 the Fund opened the doors of a brand new state of the art therapy centre based near Exeter. This facility, run by a team of highly trained professionals will help firefighters attain the fitness levels required to protect and rescue members of the community at incidents including fires and road traffic accidents.
In 2006 almost £50,000 was raised through the Reading Half Marathon thanks to the tremendous efforts of the runners. This year, with your help we hope to increase that total still further.
The Mayor of Reading's Charity supports individuals and groups (including charities) in assisting in the development of children and young people in the Reading area.
The work involved in organising an event of such magnitude is enormous, and as such the Official Charities play a very important role. The Official Charities provide almost half of the Race Marshals whose job it is to ensure that you are able to run a safe and enjoyable race.
We hope that you choose to support this year's Official Charities and that you have a tremendous race.
Many thanks of behalf of the Official Race Charities
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