TOATVS Team Take on Stamfords 10K Race For Life
The Oundle and Thraspton Veterinary Surgery (TOATVS) ladies Laura Degnan, Dani Marcus, Carol Cortese, Holly Wiggins and Jennie Tansley have decided to take on the 10k Race for Life Challenge at Burghley Park Stamford.
Race for Life is the largest women-only fundraising event in the UK. The event aims to raise money for Cancer Research UK's groundbreaking work and to help save more lives. The money raised at these events goes towards helping a a variety of causes examples of which can be seen below:
- £10 could buy 300 glass slides for studying cells and tumour samples in detail under the microscope.
- £30could buy around 250 plastic Petri dishes. They're an essential resource for thousands of scientists who are working hard to understand cancer.
- £54 could buy 22 thermometers (range -10°C to 110°C) – indispensable for many experiments that need to be performed at very precise temperatures.
- £94 could cover the cost for one woman to take part in a clinical trial aiming to improve survival for post-menopausal women with early-stage breast cancer.
- £123 could fund one cancer information nurse for a day. Our experienced cancer information nurses provide a confidential service for anyone with concerns about cancer.
- £260could buy a sophisticated microarray, a powerful piece of technology, helping scientists to scrutinise thousands of genes in a single experiment, and identify which are switched on in cancer.
- £677could cover the cost of one person taking part in a clinical trial testing chemotherapy before and after surgery, and the antibody drug Vectibix, to improve survival for bowel cancer patients.
- £1,000 could cover around 22 day's running expenses for an important lab project into a type of children's cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. The study aims to identify molecules that are involved in driving tumour growth, and this could lead to improved treatments so that more children survive the disease in the future.
As a group we are aiming to raise £1000 for this fantastic charity. If you feel able to donate please visit our fundraising page by clicking here. We shall keep you all updated with our training and fundraising progress.
We would like to say Well done to Laura, Dani, Carol, Emma, Jennie and Hollie for completing the Cancer Research Race for Life 10K challenge. So far the girls have raised an impressive £1150. Thankyou to all those who generously gave sponsorship money, if you would still like to donate please click 