{"id":5377,"date":"2011-07-12T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/07\/12\/haroons-marathon-goal-for-cancer-sufferers\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:06:03","slug":"haroons-marathon-goal-for-cancer-sufferers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/12\/haroons-marathon-goal-for-cancer-sufferers\/","title":{"rendered":"Haroon\u2019s Marathon Goal for Cancer sufferers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coventry Fundraiser urges Asian Today readers to dig deep<\/h3>\n
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SEASONED fundraiser Haroon Mota is at it again \u2013 and this time he\u2019s swapping mountains for a marathon!<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Haroon has been a regular in the pages of The Asian Today raising money for charities galore. He\u2019s trekked up Mount Everest and even scaled three of the UK\u2019s highest mountains in just 24 hours. But now Haroon\u2019s challenge is all together different \u2013 he\u2019s going to run his first Marathon!<\/div>\n

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Haroon will don his running shoes for the Virgin London Marathon in April next year and is hoping to raise \u00a35000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.<\/div>\n

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The former Coventry City Council worker has spent the past three months surrounded by young cancer sufferers as part of his job as a Senior Activity Coordinator at University College London Hospital where he provides recreational and therapeutic activities to help youngsters normalise their daily lives. <\/div>\n

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Haroon, who commutes from his hometown of Coventry to London every day, says watching youngsters suffer is \u201cheartbreaking\u201d \u2013 and he\u2019s determined to do his bit to help the Teenage Cancer Trust which offers vital support to cancer sufferers. <\/div>\n

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\u201cSince working on the Teenage Cancer Unit at University College London Hospital I have witnessed first hand, the fight teenagers face when diagnosed with cancer,\u201d Haroon tells The Asian Today.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI have never run a marathon before, so it is going to be a very long and challenging 26 miles for me. However, this challenge is nothing in comparison to the challenges that teenage cancer patients face on a daily basis.<\/div>\n

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\u201cTrust me, it’s horrible what they have to go through and words can not describe the suffering I see on the ward on a daily basis. I have only been working here for three months, yet I have witnessed several deaths from my ward alone.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Haroon is determined to raise \u00a35,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust \u2013 and his goal has been boosted by the generosity of a Coventry-based business. <\/div>\n

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Cosmetic coloured contact lens company MesmerEyez.com are official sponsors of Haroon\u2019s marathon run and as well as donating an initial \u00a3250 they are offering to match all donations made to Haroon\u2019s fundraiser before Saturday 16th<\/sup> July. <\/div>\n

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\u201cMesmerEyez.com have been very charitable,\u201d Haroon says. \u201cThey helped me raise \u00a320,000 a few years ago and again they are my leading and official sponsors.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThey have made it their mission to help me achieve my fundraising target to improve the quality of life of patients being treated on Teenage Cancer Unit wards.<\/div>\n

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\u201cAll the money raised will make a massive difference, so I\u2019m calling out to everyone to donate as little or as much as they can. A little help will go a long way.\u201d<\/div>\n

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If you would like to donate <\/strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to log onto Haroon\u2019s fundraising page<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Coventry Fundraiser urges Asian Today readers to dig deep SEASONED fundraiser Haroon Mota is at it again \u2013 and this time he\u2019s swapping mountains for a marathon! Haroon has been a regular in the pages of The Asian Today raising money for charities galore. He\u2019s trekked up Mount Everest and even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}