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Team Hargreaves (son James + mum Donna + dad Steve)

$2,000 of $2,000 goal
Given by 22 generous donors in 10 weeks

Hi, I'm James our team leader, I'm 9 and I love running. I'm going to run my first half marathon with my mum and dad for 3 charities.

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Team H's 3 excellent causes;

1) The Neurological Foundation. Donna's wonderful aunty Muriel died aged 59 of an aggressive brain tumour. She had a heart of gold and was too young and full of life to die this way and is sorely missed by many.

2) Starship Foundation

3) Eastland Rescue Helicopter Trust

Donna Hargreaves' involvement (page creator)

Inspired by mum's cousin Lindsey who raised over $5000 for a brain trust charity by running the Edinburgh half marathon in memory of her mum Muriel. We have all worked hard and ran 20kms now during training. I hold the fastest time closely followed by dad with mum trailing miles behind in the distance! Thanks for all the support so far!

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We Did It!  20 January 2015

Thank you so much for all the support and generous donations. I'm sure it will help make a difference to the 3 charities we chose to support. The run was more challenging than we expected as half of it was on a twisty, gravel road with a steady climb up a valley following a river. It was very peaceful and scenic and the fastest time on the day was 01:23:13. Therefore, James did extremely well considering it was a tough course for his first half marathon to finish with a time of 01:46:22. He ran his wee heart out and got a lot of positive encouragemnet from other runners on the course and high fives so he loved every minute of it. Steve then followed with a time of 01:52:38. Last but not least Donna had a time of 02:12:03. We all really enjoyed the challenge and the rest of our holiday in Nelson. Donna's aunty Muriel loved butterflies so whenever we see one we know she is watching over us. At the end of the race a beautiful, big, red and orange butterfly nearly flew into Donna and then it sat above us in a tree watching us for a while so we are sure our efforts got Muriel's seal of approval!

Thanks again from Team Hargreaves xxx

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Nikki and Rob
Nikki and Rob on 31 Jan 2015
Well done James, Donna and Steve.
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Kim, hamish & Brooke
Kim, hamish & Brooke on 21 Jan 2015
Awesome stuff guys!
$45
Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson on 11 Jan 2015
$50
John
John on 10 Jan 2015
Best of luck guys, and have fun :) It's very thoughtful of you guys to be doing this in memory of mum.
$40
Lindsey Davies
Lindsey Davies on 10 Jan 2015
Good luck. Lovely thing to do xx
$75

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This campaign started on 17 Nov 2014 and ended on 31 Jan 2015.