I Helped - Raise money for Charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care

"In January 2009 I decided I wanted to make a difference and help a charity. I made the choice of taking part in the Swimathon 2009, which was to help aid the Marie Curie Cancer Care, due to it helping such a good cause I made the decision that if I could raise over £2000, I would swim the 200 lengths in Ladies swim wear, after 3 months training and gaining sponsors I managed to raise a fantastic £2465 and had to do the swim as promised in Ladies swim wear!"

On the 19th April I set out on my swim, however after 20 lengths I tore my right shoulder, which meant the remaining 180 lengths I swam single armed! I completed the swimathon in a great deal of pain, but in a time of 1h 40m. I was driven on by the fact I could relax later with a pint of beer and my pain would go, however Cancer patients can't get rid of their pain that easily, and my short term pain was Insignificant to theirs, this gave me the kick I needed and helped push me to the end.

In April 2009 I visited a Marie Curie Hospice in Bradford to see the amazing work they do. Seeing the Hospice inspired me to do further volunteer work for the Marie Curie, they offer an unbelievable service that provides support and care to terminally ill patients and their families. The Marie Curie Cancer Care help and guide people and give them strength to understand the illness and come to terms with it.

When I visited the Hospice I could see the benefit of such an organisation, the facilities they provided and the life and care they give to a patient, but they couldn't provide this care without our helpt. It costs £8800 a day to run a hospice and without this care patients can not get the much needed support and comfort they deserve. Just £20 provides one hours care for a terminally ill patient.

After completing my swimathon I decided I wanted to do more, and with the Help of the Fox Inn on Holgate Road York, we decided to set up a football team that would help Support the Marie Curie Cancer Care. All funds raised through the season, via Sponsorship, weekly playing subs and fundraising evenings would be split between the club and the Marie Curie, which would then provide much needed funds to the charity. In our first season we raised £2800 for the Marie Curie Cancer Care, we will continue as a team to push forward and raise more and more as the seasons go on. See our news Stories for more about us

Please help our club to continue to run
and donate to our cause. Money raised will go to helping the club continue the good work we do and help beat our previous years total of £2800. Any donation is welcome and greatly appreciated. All donations will be displayed on a thank you page and updates from the club will show how much money we have raised this season.