Ken Aldridge
February 2010 Total £3,200
Ken was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007, he put up a strong fight but sadly passed away in January 2009. His family have set up a Snowdrop Memorial Fund in his memory.
Kens son, Mick and five of his collegues at work have taken on an amazing challenge to cycle through the Pyrenees in September 2009. Their story goes like this… Take six avid cyclists (four of which work for COLT:Mick Aldridge, Mark Fiander, Chris Shiba and Luca Smuraglia ) looking for a challenge.
Mark Fiander had the crazy idea to persuade us all (including his good friends Ken Payne and Ed Brown) to raise money for a worthy cause. It’s through Mark’s tenacity that we are all here facing this immense challenge. And for that, we thank him…well until we start climbing those steep mountains!!!!
We chose the Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund. British Lung Foundation as our worthy cause as it was close to one team member’s heart.
Mick’s father Ken bravely fought Mesothelioma for nearly two years. Sadly, after being cared for by his loving wife Alice, he passed away on the 30th of January 2009 at the age of 70. This industrial disease affects hundreds of people every year and there is no government funding for the research into finding out more about this awful infliction.
Mick would like to thank everyone for agreeing to raise money for this worthy cause.
To donate through Justgiving www. justgiving.com Tour de Colt Team
Your donations will help this charity inject very much needed funds into helping many more families that fall victim to this terminal illness.
If you want to find out more about what we are doing go to www.tourdecolt.com
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A toal of £3,200 was raised in Ken’s memory and Mick and the team would like to thank everyone who so kindly supported them.
