OCF Charity Challenge

Dear Fellow Leather Jackets,

 

From the 21^st of May and for most of June I will be participating in “La Bella Italia” cycle challenge.  This will be an exciting journey through Italy but poses two major challenges for me. 

 

Firstly, needless to say, the distance will be one of them, but I’m sure that is surmountable.  We start from Palermo on May 22^nd and arrive in Como on the 23^rd June.  What an adventure!

 

Secondly, this is an event that supports The Oncology Children’s Foundation.  OCF is a not-for-profit Children’s Charity exclusively devoted to raising funds for medical research into finding a cure for childhood cancer.

 

I can only try to imagine the situation of a child with cancer or leukaemia, the pain that they have to endure and the pressure placed on friends and family. For many the pain never comes to an end. Over 700Australian children under the age of 16 are diagnosed with cancer every year. Tragically, their mortality rate is on in four.

 

My pain will end when I cross the finish line at La Madonna del Ghisallo in the middle of Il Lago di Como

 

If you have five minutes please take time to have a look at OCF’s website at www.ocf.com.au With only three office staff they raised $2.11m last financial year for the Oncology Research Unit (ORU) at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. The ORU is one of seven major children’s cancer research units in the world that work as one for the benefit of all children with cancer, no matter where they live.

 

It will take you less that 3 minutes to sponsor me online and it could save the life of a child with cancer.  All donations greater than $2 are tax deductible.

 

To access my webpage on Everyday Hero go to www.everydayhero.com.au/elizabeth_buscaino where you can make a tax deductible donation using your credit card.

 

Alternatively, if more convenient I am happy to receive any donations directly and will ensure that you receive a tax receipt.

 

Any support you can give me would be very much appreciated.

 

I am sending this email early as I leave Australia at the end of March to visit my family in the UK (and to train in the Scottish hills!) before meeting my cycling companions for the Challenge in Palermo.  So please take action now!

 

Many thanks and best wishes,

 

Liz