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 Hits The Heights Again
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 Defies Elements For Personal Best in Aquinoe Fund-Raiser
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…
Last Training Session for Patrick
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…
Patrick’s Fundraiser
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…
Sisters
I (Jean, Chair of the Aquinoe charity) am lucky enough to be one of three sisters. We all get on extremely well and care for each other very much. One of my sisters is fellow trustee of the charity,…
Aquinoe Pupils Return
A return to school at Aquinoe by pupils and staff has been made possible through the purchase of masks, sanitiser and washing with money transferred by the charity. The school has been inspected and allowed to open. ‘Social distancing’ is…
Brilliant Boys
Jack and Alex are cousins of May, Amelie and Harry – see https://www.aquinoe.org/2020/12/3747/ Their Aunt, Alexa, spent some time volunteering at Aquinoe two years ago and wanted to give her nieces and nephews special presents at Christmas. She had the inspired…
Fantastic Family
May, Harry and Amelie are part of a family that has been instrumental in raising money for the pupils at Aquinoe several times in the past few years, both individually and as members of Colston Bassett School in Nottinghamshire. Their…
Former Aquinoe Pupil Graduates
Many congratulations to Cynthia, former Aquinoe pupil, who graduated from South Eastern Kenya University on 29th December 2020 with a bachelor of Science degree in Public Health. Cynthia’s mother Lilyan, who is also Chair of the Board at…