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Chops away
3 August 2009
A Crawley hairdressing salon is saddling up for a 30-mile sponsored cycle ride for the Meningitis Trust after a 17-year-old client lost his limbs after contracting bacterial meningitis last year.
Wendy Creed, from the Jimmy ChopChop salon, decided to take part in the challenge after Luke Carter contracted the disease. Luke had both legs amputated, as well as part of his right arm and some fingers on his left hand.
Twenty budding cyclists from the salon, based at the Base Point Centre on Metcalf Way, will be taking part in the cycle ride from their Crawley salon to their Brighton salon on Sunday, August 9, in a bid to raise funds for the charity.
Wendy Creed, from Jimmy ChopChop, says: "We were inspired as a salon by the London to Brighton Bike ride earlier this year. We started thinking about how amazing it would be if we ourselves could do a charity event to that degree. With one of our clients having suffered from meningitis, we all agreed on gathering sponsorship for the Meningitis Trust. "
Wendy continues: “Now we are all trained up, the only major concern for most of us is Ditchling Beacon - a very steep hill towards the end of the course that lasts for over a mile. Wish all us choppers and choppettes luck - we'll see you on the beach afterwards with a drink and an ice cream, all feeling very proud of ourselves."
The Meningitis Trust is the UK longest established meningitis charity, dedicated to helping rebuild lives shattered by meningitis. Meningitis can affect anyone, of any age, at any time. It can strike in an instant, but its impact can last a lifetime.
The charity helps around 20,000 people each year through its range of specialist services; giving vital support to those who have been affected by this life-changing disease. With as many as 500,000 people living in the UK who have had either viral or bacterial meningitis and up to one adult in every four knowing someone who has had meningitis, the charity’s ongoing work is much-needed. However the Trust relies on voluntary donations to continue its work, so fundraising like the cycle ride is vital to its future.
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