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32 The Link Magazine • July 2000
Swindon puts up biggest team at the London Moonwalk
£30,000 raised for Breakthrough Breast Cancer thanks the 105 fantastic women of the Twin Peaks team.
Team organiser Eunice Salmon repo rts on an incredible fundraising effort in mid-May.
"Eunice, are you walking followed and by 6.45am the
SOLUTION through London in your team was beginning to cross
the finish line thick and fast.
bra again this year?," came
the question from Link All the training had paid off.
Maintenance free
publisher Roger Ogle. By midday Sunday we were
UPVC fascia boards I pathetically said, "No, all back in Swindon, weary,
cladding & guttering I don't like asking the but on a high.
same people for sponsor- We met up the following
Expertly fitted at DIY prices
ship again." Wednesday at Mario's to cel-
FREE SIJRVEY Put a piece in TheLinkhe ebrate and swap stories (see
NO 1)1 POSI t' said, and get others to walk page 39). We estimated we
with you; you train them had raised £30,000. Now the
Work it out for yourself and get them to raise the hard part - collecting it all in.
I noted down some of the
20' fascia board fitted £ 60 money. Obvious answer - comments made: a stress re-
how could I refuse?
20' fascia & gutter fitted £135
20' fascia, soffit & gutter £205 It was the time of year liever; therapy, power, blis-
when people were making millen- walks to build up speed and longer ters; freedom, new friends for life;
20' fascia & soffit £130
nium resolutions to get fit, but I ones from ten to eighteen miles in weight loss, teamwork, love, sup-
(prices correct at time of publication)
could never have anticipated the March to April. Planning the port; encouragement, camarade-
response. The 'phone just rang routes was fun as we constantly rie; a medal and a chance to make
and rang. I invited folk along to a discovered new paths through and a difference, more blisters. And
meeting and when thirty turned around town. you thought it was just a walk.
up, I was overwhelmed. 13 May finally arrived and we'd After following our story in The
After the initial chaos we got decorated our Wonderbras with Link, Linda Farrell and Michelle
A organised and people took on re- sequins and tassels. Three coaches Madison arranged their own walk
sponsibilities for a database, news- were waved off by an absolute in Swindon and raised nearly
letters and training. The team con- deluge of well wishers. £2,400 which was excellent.
For a free quote tinued to grow as the idea cap- On arrival at Battersea Park we In July the Swindon branch of
tured everyone's imagination. joined 3,500 others for a pasta Breakthrough Breast Cancer cel-
Letters went out for sponsorship. party, massages and aerobics ebrates its fifth anniversary. To
Thanks go especially to Nation- workout before commencing the date they will have raised £100,000.
wide and Sainsbury's for their gen- midnight marathon on one of the Thank you to all involved in Walk
e-mail: [email protected]
erous support. warmest nights of the year. By the Walk for making a hefty con-
Everyone took the training very 5am the birds were singing and so tribution towards that.
seriously with twice weekly short were we. A most amazing dawn Join us in 2001, if you dare!

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