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Andrew, a former serviceman himself, has run 2 previous marathons and had this to say about his attempt this year “I’m really looking forward to April 13th (honestly) and training is going well.
Ideally I’d like to come in under 4 hours but we’ll see what happens. I’m more interested in just finishing and raising as much as I can for BLESMA.
With the forces in the media more and more these days (for obvious reasons) it’s important that those with an affinity with the Services community do as much as they can in terms of positive public relations.
Today’s Armed Forces do a fantastic job under extremely difficult circumstances. They deserve an immense amount of praise.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, BLESMA has seen an upsurge in membership.
Any help that you can give to BLESMA members at all in order to improve their quality of life would really be appreciated.”
If you would like to sponsor Andrew’s marathon effort please click on the online donation page here…
http://www.justgiving.com/andrewgreenfieldlondonmarathon2008
or post a cheque, made payable to BLESMA, to:
Andrew Greenfield BLESMA Run
MoD Oracle
Darby House
162 Bletchingley Rd
Merstham
Surrey
RH1 3DN
Andrew went on to say “Giving to charity is a personal choice and can be quite an emotive subject. I chose to run for BLESMA because of my forces connections and hope that someone can benefit from this. Like other forces charities, BLESMA assists those in the forces community and long may they continue to do so.”
About BLESMA:
Over two thousand surviving Ex-Service men and women have lost one or more limbs as a result of in World War II, Korea, Suez, Aden, The Falklands, The Gulf, Northern Ireland and in support of the United Nations. For them the fight still goes on; to hold their own in the battle of life with a handicap which must always be theirs. Additionally BLESMA continues to care for some 2000 Widows.
BLESMA's Welfare Service is assisted by 36 Branches throughout the United Kingdom, manned by individuals all of whom give their services voluntarily, and work to ensure that no service limbless or immediate dependants shall needlessly suffer additional anxiety or hardship. The State machinery can handle this problem only in general terms. BLESMA concerns itself with INDIVIDUAL cases.
www.blesma.org
About Andrew Greenfield:
Andrew served in the British Army as a Royal Military Policeman until 2001.
Since then he has been heavily involved with www.modoracle.com.
His more recent marathons include London 2006 and Belfast 2007.
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