A TEAM of Forces friends have raised more than £5,000 for East Lancashire Hospice after taking on a challenge to help a mum-of-two in her ‘last battle’ against cancer.
Darwen dad David Costello and 11 friends ran the Blackpool Half-Marathon with 48lb in their backpacks.
The weight represented the age of Mr Costello’s sister, Jakki Stone, when she was told her cancer was terminal.
The team have so far raised £5,789.51 for the hospice.
The group was made up of ex-servicemen Chris Doherty, Rob Johnson and Ronnie Johnson and serving military personnel William Barr, Tony Sandle, Lee Kay and Colin Wright also from Darwen.
Mrs Stone, who has been an inpatient at the Blackburn-based hospice since New Year’s Day, was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006.
To donate visit justgiving.com/companyteams/Blackpool-Tabbers.
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