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Thank you so much to Pam Barton who is fundraising for the OPA, in memory of Jason Barton.<\/p>\n

“I am going to give up Alcohol, snacks, walk 10k and loose a stone in 6 weeks to break the bad habits I have got myself into.\u00a0 The last thing Jase said to me was to promise to look after myself….i want to raise just a small amount of money for The Oesophagus Association so I can still do my bit to support this Charity which as you can imagine is very close to my heart…..Due to the current circumstances occurring in the world today, The OPA are needed now more than ever. Our members are extremely vulnerable at this time as their immune systems are already compromised following the effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgeries and so much more. Isolating is the only option for our patients in this unprecedented situation and we would like more than anything to be able to continue our services to help, support and care for our patients, carers and their families.”<\/p>\n

You can support Pam here – https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/pam-jase\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you so much to Pam Barton who is fundraising for the OPA, in memory of Jason Barton. “I am going to give up Alcohol, snacks, walk 10k and loose a stone in 6 weeks to break the bad habits I have got myself into.\u00a0 The last thing Jase said to me was to promise to look after myself….i want to raise just a small amount of money for The Oesophagus Association so I can still do my bit to support this Charity which as you can imagine is very close to my heart…..Due to the current circumstances occurring in the world today, The OPA are needed now more than ever. Our members are extremely vulnerable at this time as their immune systems are already compromised following the effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgeries and so much more. Isolating is the only option for our patients in this unprecedented situation and we would like more than anything to be able to continue our services to help, support and care for our patients, carers and their families.” You can support Pam here – https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/pam-jase\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPam's Challenge - Fundraising for the OPA - The OPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pam's Challenge - Fundraising for the OPA - The OPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you so much to Pam Barton who is fundraising for the OPA, in memory of Jason Barton. “I am going to give up Alcohol, snacks, walk 10k and loose a stone in 6 weeks to break the bad habits I have got myself into.\u00a0 The last thing Jase said to me was to promise to look after myself….i want to raise just a small amount of money for The Oesophagus Association so I can still do my bit to support this Charity which as you can imagine is very close to my heart…..Due to the current circumstances occurring in the world today, The OPA are needed now more than ever. 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