Fundraising

Patrick (Jean’s son) wound up his amazing March-a-thon challenge in style with yet another personal best, running his fourth half-marathon of the month round the streets of Reading in one hour 46 minutes 52 seconds. That eclipsed the 1:47:41 set…

  Patrick ran his third half marathon in March as his wonderful fundraiser for the Aquinoe Learning Centre and yet again achieved a personal best time! One hour, forty seven minutes and forty one seconds, beating the new PB he…

Patrick (Jean’s son) produced a personal best in his second half-marathon in seven days on Saturday, defying chilly winds gusting up to 40 mph to come home in one hour 48 minutes 56 seconds. That eclipsed the time he ran…

Patrick has been training hard for his amazing fundraiser – his March-a-thon – see here His last training run was today (Saturday) and he says: “Final training run complete for the Marchathon. I’m doing my own 1:59 challenge that Eluid…

Following Dave’s fundraiser (the Stroll-athon) in 2020, Patrick (Jean’s son) intends to do his own fundraiser in March. He has been training for months, and is aiming to run a half marathon every weekend in March – see here for…

Helen Benton writes: As a long time friend of Jean, chair of Aquinoe Learning Centre Charitable Trust, I have for some years supported her fundraising efforts for the trust in various ways. With the emergence of the Covid pandemic and its effects…

Amazingly, Dave’s Stroll-athon has now raised over £3,000! Many, many thanks, not only to Dave for creating and completing the event, but also to all those who contributed. It is a wonderful feeling to know that I have such generous…

Jean’s husband Dave Thompson successfully completed his special “stroll-athon” on Monday helped by Aquinoe chair Jean, long-time supporters Min and Tim Chicken, son Chris Thompson and near-neighbour Liz Baker, who turned 80 last month. All walked part of the journey…