Brighton Marathon

I am writing to ask for you and members of the Stubbington Green Runners to consider running the Brighton Marathon (April 10th 2011) for the charity Keep A Child Alive (www.keepachildalive.org.uk). We are a small charity co-founded by Alicia Keys, who provide medication and care to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and India and so far have helped 250,000+ people. There are only a few of us running next year and we would be so happy for you and members of your club to run along with us.

The Brighton Marathon organisers charge £45 for entry and to run for Keep A Child Alive would cost no more than this. We do ask runners to do their best to raise sponsorship money for the charity and set a target of £600.

If you and members of your club would like to run with us then you will also benefit from:

Covered “Charity Runner Hospitality” at the Start Area (accompanied access @ £2 per person): to include food & drink, extra toilets, and dedicated baggage drop-off.
Covered “Charity Runner Hospitality” at the Finish Area (accompanied access free if fee paid at Start, otherwise same fee of £2 per head applies): to include food & drink, extra toilets, and dedicated baggage pick-up.
“Red” Charity Runner wristband to ensure entry to exclusive charity areas.
Colour coded “Red” Charity Bib Number for race.
Finisher Certificate.
Finisher Medal.
Finisher T-shirt.
Finisher Goody Bag.
An after event for Keep a Child Alive runners.

I have attached our poster and I would be so grateful if you would kindly distribute this to members of your club via a noticeboard, email or by posting it on your website.

Thank you so very much for your time and I look forward to hearing from you,

Kind regards,

Melanie

Ps. More details about the marathon can be found at http://community.keepachildalive.org/profile/brightonmarathonkca

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