A Whole Year Acohol Free !! Please Take A Second To Read

[mancitymark]

As a supporter of the wonderful Meningitis Now, a charity very close to my heart I have decided to set up this page in order to raise some more much needed funds in the continuous fight against the awful disease.

Having been inspired by people raising funds through out January with ‘Dry January’, and since I’ve not touched a drop alcohol so far this year I have set myself a target of a ‘DRY 2015’ in which I will not drink any alcohol while on English soil during the whole of 2015.

In January 2004 my youngest son Harvey-James fell ill with meningococcal septicemia which is a deadly form of meningitis, Harvey was just 9 months old at the time, Despite such awful adversity placed in front of him at such a young age Harvey battled back to full fitness with the amazing help and support shown on the PICU ward at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, Harvey lost all of his toes on both feet and some digits on each hand but now enjoys life to the full as boy his age should, He has amazing strength and courage in everything he does and is now 11 years old. I cannot express enough how different Harvey’s story would have been without charity’s like the Meningitis Trust continuing to do the amazing work and research they do which has inspired me to take on board this challenge in order to raise extra funds for them to continue their work.

Any donation no matter how big or small WILL make a difference to the Charity and will also be very much appreciated by myself and close family and friends, Thank you for taking the time to read this and please feel free to share.

https://www.justgiving.com/Mark-McCarthy6dry2015
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[kcs]

Donation made mate, excellent cause and good luck.
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[mancitymark]

kcs wrote:

Donation made mate, excellent cause and good luck.

Thanks mate and much appreciated - I ran the London marathon for the charity in 2006 but I think this will be harder especially when at football
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[silkman1]

Donation given - Good Luck

[mancitymark]

silkman1 wrote:

Donation given - Good Luck

Thanks mate - Very much appreciated and I've only 345 days to go

Have set up Facebook page if anyone wants to watch me suffer................................Sorry I meant follow

https://www.facebook.com/dry2015meningitusnow
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[mancitymark]

Over £500 donated in just over a week is fantastic achievement & start to the target but of course would not be possible without your support & donations.

Thank you to everyone who has donated & shared my page - Under 12 months to go !!!!!!

https://www.justgiving.com/Mark-McCarthy6dry2015

Bovril is my new best friend at football for the remainder of the year !!!
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[mancitymark]

Please take a moment to LIKE & SHARE this page as I’m raising money and awareness for Meningitis Now throughout the whole of 2015 by having a alcohol free 2015 YES NO BOOZE FOR A WHOLE YEAR !!

https://www.facebook.com/dry2015meningitusnow
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[botanybaykid]

Good luck mate. Just donated.
It's hard at first but it's been nearly five years since I had a drink, no I'm not an alcoholic, It's just the medicine I take!
So keep it up and I hope you get your £5000

[mancitymark]

botanybaykid wrote:

Good luck mate. Just donated. It's hard at first but it's been nearly five years since I had a drink, no I'm not an alcoholic, It's just the medicine I take! So keep it up and I hope you get your £5000

Thanks mate and very much appreciated, I feel fresher already and I'm only a month in(Just), now the donations have started coming there's now way I won't succeed, I ran the London Marathon in 2006 but I think this will be a tougher challenge

Thanks again
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[mancitymark]

Over £500 donated in the first month is fantastic and big thank you to everyone who supported and donated so far.

Only 11 months to go !!!!!

Off to Chelsea today for a Bovril

https://www.justgiving.com/Mark-McCarthy6dry2015

Follow the progress on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dry2015meningitusnow
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[Cantona93]

Donation made. Even us reds can't begrudge supporting a blue for this worthy cause!

[mancitymark]

Cantona93 wrote:

Donation made. Even us reds can't begrudge supporting a blue for this worthy cause!

Thank you for your donation mate, it's very much appreciated
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[mancitymark]

Over £750 raised is just over a month is a fantastic achievement - Thank you to everyone who has donated, liked and shared my page so far https://www.justgiving.com/Mark-McCarthy6dry2015/

Your support and donations is very much appreciated and will make a difference
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[mancitymark]

Over £1,300 raised for a wonderful charity in just two months is a fantastic achievement - Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported us so far. You can now support our fundraising efforts by text. Simply text: marm74 to 70071 and the amount you wish to donate or by our justgiving page.

https://www.justgiving.com/Mark-McCarthy6dry2015/
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[mancitymark]

Big thank you to leslie millman aka manchesterunitedman1 for your kind donation and support.
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