Mother of two, Yasmeen Ali (35) is packing her walking boots and traveling to Tanzania on Friday (17th Oct 2008) to complete a 9-day alms expedition over the world’s tallest free-standing mountain, Kilimanjaro – acknowledgment to Optical Express.
Yasmeen absitively to commence on this alms claiming afterwards the acknowledged achievement of her Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) eye anaplasty with Optical Express in June this year. Inspired by her determination, Optical Express has provided Yasmeen with the £2000 advocacy money she needs in adjustment to undertake this challenge.
Yasmeen, who is the managing administrator of a bloom & assurance consultancy in Scotland, is actual breath in the fundraising community. Having already completed the Inverness bisected and Edinburgh marathons beforehand this year in aid of Kidney Research UK, Yasmeen will now commence on her better claiming to date, Kilimanjaro.
Before Yasmeen active up to the 9 day campaign she alone into her bounded Optical Express Clinic. “I didn’t ambition to be averseness about with glasses or acquaintance lenses while aggravating to expedition over Kilimanjaro,” Yasmeen explained, “So I absitively to crop the attempt and accept Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) eye surgery. The Aberdeen agents at Optical Express were absurd and absolutely accessible throughout the accomplished process.”
Shortly afterwards her Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) analysis in June, Yasmeen activated for the Kilimanjaro claiming in adjustment to abide adopting money for her alms of choice, Kidney Research UK. “I’d larboard it absolutely backward to apply,” said Yasmeen, “there were alone a few places larboard on the campaign and I still bare to accession an antecedent £3000 in advocacy money.”
Having aloft £1K by herself in a week, Yasmeen still had to accession £2K in two weeks, or she would not accept abundant funds to participate in the alms trek.
“During my column analysis check-up, I told Fiona, the Laser eye analysis consultant, about my ambition to accession funds to ascend Kilimanjaro for charity,” Yasmeen explained, “I was in actuality captivated if Optical Express offered to sponsor me for the actual £2K.”
“I now accept absolute eyes and I am about to commence on my better alms claiming yet and it’s all acknowledgment to Optical Express.”
Liz McGuinness from Kidney Research UK said, “If anyone could accession that abundant advocacy money in such a baby aggregate of time, it’s Yasmeen. Her armamentarium adopting activities for Kidney Research UK over the endure few years accept been relentless. She is an afflatus to us all.”
The individual mother of two will be aerial out to Tanzania this Friday (17th Oct 08) to activate the expedition.
Issued on account of Optical Express by LLLink at Forth House, 5 Johns Place, EH6 7EL.
Contact Emma Sykes on (0131) 561 8416 or emma@lllink.co.uk
Notes to Editor:
Optical Express is the alone UK organisation to accommodate its barter with the complete eye affliction solution, from spectacles and acquaintance lenses to laser eyes alteration and intraocular lens treatment.
With 54 laser analysis centres and over 100 laser appointment centres, Optical Express is Europe’s amount one laser eye anaplasty and eyes alteration provider.
Yasmeen Ali, who had laser eye anaplasty in June 2008, began adopting money for Kidney Research UK if her best acquaintance went assimilate branch dialysis four years ago. Initially Yasmeen was activated to accord up her branch but abominably she was not a acceptable match.
For added advice on Optical Express Laser Eye Surgery visit: http://uk.opticalexpress.com/laser-eye-surgery.html
For a downloadable album about the Kidney Research UK Kilimanjaro Trek visit: http://kidneyresearchuk.org/images/pdfs2/events/kilimanjaroinforsheet.pdf
For added advice about Kidney Research UK visit: http://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/
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