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Toy convoy is just grand

From the archive, first published Wednesday 29th Sep 1999.

A MASSIVE convoy of more than 300 motorcyclists have helped to brighten the lives of some of Hampshire's most needy children.

The bikers took part in a Grand Toy Run which left Alton and delivered hundreds of gifts to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at Badger Farm Community Centre near Winchester.

This worthwhile charity grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.

The toys will be used to help break the ice when volunteers make visits to sick children.

Frances Heath, from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, said: "A wish coming true for a child brings sunshine into lives that have been dominated by pain and trauma.

"It can give them the will to keep fighting and get better when everything else seems so bleak." He added: "We are grateful to the help from the British Motorcycle Federation.

"Our aim is simple: to grant the favourite wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses between the ages of three and eighteen."

Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.

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