Suzana Tamamovic

Charity

Spinal Research - fighting paralysis ... and winning Spinal Research is the only UK-based charity dedicated to funding spinal injury research on an international scale.
Spinal Research
fighting paralysis ... and winning Spinal Research is the only UK-based charity dedicated to funding spinal injury research on an international scale.

Event details

2010 Brighton Marathon

18 April 2010

The UKs newest 26 miler, the Brighton Marathon is taking place at 9am on Sunday 18th April 2010. The route around the city and along the coast will be generally fast and reasonably flat. The event tours much of the city of Brighton & Hove, takes in glorious coastal views, but keeps disruption to a minimum.




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Fundraiser: 
Suzana Tamamovic

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SuzanaTamamovic

 Hi, thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

For those of you who have visited this page before and who already know my reasons for doing this you might want to scroll right down to my blog to read the latest updates, as requested by few :)

If you are here for the first time, you might want to read on...

Now, if you are here you'll no doubt know I have recently secured myself a place in the first Brighton Marathon on 18th April 2010.

It is Brighton's first and it is my first!!

As you'll also know, I am not an incredibly sporty person and I am certainly no runner, so why do this?

In August 2009 I received a phone call from my cousin who lives in Croatia, who in turn received a somewhat strange phone call from a friend of his brother Mario, who lives in Denmark. My cousin doesn't speak English or Danish, but he could understand enough as the words rolled, "Mario... accident... hospital..."

As much as he didn't want to panic, he did and as much as I didn't want to panic...

I promised to find out more as he was stuck and wasn't able to get any more information as Mario's phone remained silent. What ensued was me phoning and emailing around frantically, trying to get in touch with Mario's friends, trying to get through to anyone who could tell me what was happening.

As I was waiting for some response from somewhere memories of our recent visit were rolling in my head... long rides along even longer beaches, him giving us surfing lessons, then barbeques and dancing around every single night as he was really enjoying our visit, even the washout experience of driving to Copenhagen. 

And I was thinking how... how he's never still...

Then the phone call was finally answered with the dreaded "He broke his spine..."

Mario didn't want his parents to know just yet, he wanted to tell them himself after the operation, he wanted to soften the blow. He knew this was his mother's worst fear... Our grandmother had a tumour on her spine and spent the last 10 years of her life paralysed...

Mario was operated on, he was unconscious for two weeks and when he finally came around he listened to the doctors tell him he'll never walk again and he said, "Ok, that's that, life goes on... I go forward"

I went to see him in late September just as he woke up and what can I say... He blew me away, he was larger than life, he was planning ahead, he was being practical, he was "going forward"...

He changed my perspective, he inspired me to challenge myself, to be more... to do anything, to be anything! And to do all that and raise much needed money to give hope to many - what more is there?

I'm running this marathon for Mario and in the hope that one day he will get a chance to run his own...

 I'm running it for my grandma whose life motto was "It's gonna be somehow!" ("Bice nekako!") and it always was... somehow...

and I'm running it for myself (and according to my 'running bible' this is really important bit, so :)


And believe you me, if I can run a marathon than anything is possible!! And I will...  I am!!! 

Grandma I'll do it somehow :)

 

Please support me by making a donation to Spinal Research, please give hope to many.

It might be too late for my grandma but your donation might spell different future for Mario and for others with spinal cord injury - please help make that difference!

Spinal Research is a pioneering charity, whose aim is to find ways to repair spinal cord injury and reverse the paralysis that results from it. Recognised as a leader in its field, Spinal Research funds groundbreaking projects at scientific and medical institutions around the world. Whilst each accident has overwhelming consequences for the individual, the total number affected is not large enough for government funding, so they need your donations to continue their work. The next landmark is the launch of clinical trials with paralysed volunteers. These trials will test innovative treatments that could repair damage in the human spinal cord, and so restore sensation and movement.

Find more information at  http://www.spinal-research.org/ 

Please dig deep and donate now.

A Thousand Thanks

Suzana

ps. If you'd prefer to make an offline donation please get in touch with me and I'll forward relevant sponsorship form to you.

 

Through Virgin Money Giving, you can sponsor me and donations will be quickly processed and passed to charities. Virgin Money Giving is a not for profit organisation and will claim gift aid on a charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this. I really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations.

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Recent donors

24.07.10 Well done Suzana. Sorry for the delay

01.05.10 Well done team Mario!

30.04.10 Better late than never! Such a great vibe last Sunday in embankment. May see you there next year?

27.04.10 Bravo!! £1 za svaki kilometar!

17.04.10 Sretno Suzo, al nemoj vise od 18km :-) belma

17.04.10 Suzana, I think that iwhat you are doing is brilliant!!!

16.04.10 Avanti!!!

15.04.10

14.04.10 Good luck Suzana!

14.04.10 Sretno Suzana, Anita i Danijel... naprijed maratonci!

13.04.10 Suzana, good luck on Sunday!!!

13.04.10

13.04.10 Good luck on Sunday

10.04.10 Hope you "grace" it successfully. Srecno

10.04.10 good like suzana, sending you love, the kaylamberts

10.04.10 Srecno!

09.04.10

06.04.10 I am bit short at this time but i will add some more founds next time!

01.04.10 Mislim da je motivacija kod 41 km odlucujuca...Pozdrav Tanja i Zoran

01.04.10 SRETNO DRUGARICE!!!

31.03.10 Sretno, mislicemo na tebe 18og. Poljupci od Dijane (Rakovic)

30.03.10 good luck

30.03.10

30.03.10 Run Suzy run

04.03.10 Go Suzy, Go..... :)

03.02.10 With our best wishes!

03.01.10 Go for it, Suzana - I know you'll do it! Thank you too for raising awareness of this wonderful cause. See you this year??? :-) Lots of love, Hx.

29.12.09 Keep going Suzana! Steven x

26.12.09 Svaka cast! Naprijed

20.12.09 good luck and hope to see you soon. n xxx

18.12.09 srecno

16.12.09 Good Luck, Suzana - I'm proud of you!

£660.77

Running total

Target:
£1,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£801.99
Total donors:
32
Biggest donor:
mario tomic
£100.00  
Last donor:
Yumi 24.07.10  
Offline fundraising:
£40.00