|
17/07/2009
Untitled Document
Media Alert
8.00am Friday 17
July 2009
Cyclist Starts Adelaide
To Darwin Ride To Promote Kidney Health Awareness
Margie Raynor on the road
Rotunda,
Elder Park, Adelaide
Margie Raynor's Official
Start
Media Enquiries:
Margie Raynor is available for interview pre start and on the road Mobile: 0419
772 249
Ron Smith National Media Communications Kidney Health Australia Mobile: 0417
329 201
Kidney Health Australia will officially
declare 54 year old Margie Raynor a Kidney Angel for her ongoing support of
people with Kidney Disease at the start of her solo ride from Adelaide to Darwin
this morning at 8.00am.
On the solo ride to Darwin Margie
will ride around 100 kilometres per day with a small trailer to carry her camping
gear and clothes.
The ride will finish in Darwin on
10th September and will take Margie's total pedalling to 25,000 kilometres in
support of kidney patients in Australia.
Margie's commitment to helping people
with kidney disease stems from personal experience when Margie's daughter was
diagnosed with kidney disease at five years of age.
Anne Wilson CEO of Kidney Health
Australia said Margie's pedalling for kidney patients is an inspiration to all
Australians and said people can support her efforts by visiting her blog www.renalride09.com
and make donations to support her fundraising activities.
Check Margie Raynor's website and
blog for her progress www.renalride09.com
Margie's timetable is also listed
on her website.
On the road on her own, Margie developed
some unusual ways of raising funds for kidney disease by charging $20 to answer
questions such as "How many tyres have you used? Or the other favourite "How
many punctures have you had?"
Ends
|
