Please Help!

I’ve always called myself ‘the little fat bloke’.

Today, I call myself ‘lucky’.

Why? Because I’m alive.

Many leukaemia sufferers do not survive!

Now I want to do something to improve those odds.

But I need your help to help others diagnosed with leukaemia.

Next May, I’m going to drive my ancient, uncomfortable but loveable Citroën 2CV 3,850 miles right across Canada.

And I would love you or your company to sponsor me.

Yes, I know some cancer sufferers have raised money by running across the United States or walking across the Sahara or other such momentous efforts. I can’t match those. I am not fit enough or healthy enough yet.

But I want to do my little bit to help the magnificent Hospital Department that that has helped me since 2006.

Ever single penny I raise will go to The Leukaemia & Lymphoma Unit, at the University College Hospital, in London.

I know only too well the pain, the trauma and the anxiety that patients and their families face, when a patient is diagnosed with leukaemia. Nothing can prepare you for that moment, a moment when your life and the lives of those around you are changed forever whatever the outcome.

And so all money raised will be used not just to buy state of the art medical equipment, but also to provide free complementary therapy for patients and their families to help them cope with the daunting times ahead.

On my journey across Canada I am going to stop at hospitals to talk to cancer patients, their families and their friends. I will tell them how ‘a little fat bloke’ coped, and try and bring a little ray of hope into their lives.


Please help me to give others hope by sponsoring my trip. You can pledge money by donating via: http://www.justgiving.com/colin-craythorne

There are various ways you can sponsor me.

1. By the mile. The trip will be 3,850 miles. So a ½p a mile would mean a maximum of £19.50, 1p a mile just £38.50, and 2p a mile a generous £77 etc.
2. A fixed sum.
3. Sponsor a leg of the journey and ride with me. Yes, for as much as your budget will allow, you can join me in my little 2CV and ride a leg of the journey e.g. Calgary to Vancouver. And yes, you can plaster the car with your company logos, which should be filmed by TV news stations.

My journey will start 23rd May and end in Vancouver on 19th June 2010.

Finally I would like to say something personal.

I believe that one of the reasons I have survived so far is that during the darkest moments of my battle with leukemia, I set myself targets. One, which I achieved within days of leaving hospital, was to live to celebrate the birthday of my lovely wife with a large party for her and our friends.

This journey across Canada is another target I have set myself. If you can help me achieve it and help me to help others like me I will be eternally grateful.