Carrick to Calgary

Just a short post - Paula has done a mad thing and signed up to take part in a big sponsored walk called 'The Weekend to End Breast Cancer'. This 60km (yes, you did read right!) will take place in Calgary on the last weekend in July, and all of the proceeds from the Calgary walk will benefit the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The Foundation is a charity that supports research, and many different facets of cancer care and treatment. They don't only fund breast cancer stuff, but the money that they raise from the Weekend to End Breast Cancer walk allows the Foundation to free up funds to support work in other cancers. In Alberta, they support research projects, fund a palliative care programme, provide financial assistance to families that are in trouble because their main breadwinner is sick, are involved in screening programmes and help support psycho-social care programmes.

So after several weeks of dithering around, a work colleague and I decided to sign up. I have made a commitment to raise $2000, and those of you who know me well, will know that I'm not too good at asking people for money. However, I believe that this is a worthwhile cause, and I'm looking for sponsors!

If you're interested in supporting the cause (and interested in seeing whether I can manage to walk 60km over two days), please click on Weekend to End Breast Cancer, then click on sponsor a participant, put in my name (and visit my lovely homepage), and click in the box entitled 'Donate here'. Any amount will be very gratefully received!

P