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| |  Tony Audenshaw, Sean Whewell and Tom McNally
Release Date: 16 June 2008
Emmerdale’s Tony Audenshaw (aka Bob Hope) today officially launches ‘Tarzan’s Bananathon’, an urban marathon with a difference to take place on 13 September in Greater Manchester in aid of blood cancer charity Leukaemia Research.
Tony Audenshaw will undertake the 26.6-mile challenge dressed as Tarzan and will be joined by Leukaemia Research fundraiser Sean Whewell dressed as Jane and blood cancer patient Tom McNally dressed as Leukaemia Research’s running team mascot, a giant banana.
In a quirky twist, the route through Greater Manchester will be decided by members of the public who can ask Tony and friends to stop by. Tony is happy to pull a pint, serve a customer, sing someone happy birthday and open a fête in exchange for a donation to Leukaemia Research.
The event starts at the Manchester Royal Infirmary at 10am on 13 September and will finish at 8pm with an evening of entertainment featuring a number of acts performing including Tony’s band White Van Man.
Tony is calling for the people of Manchester to get involved and start nominating tasks and venues for the trio of fun-loving fundraisers to visit. Tarzan, Jane and the ‘Banana’ will be joined on the route by people whose lives have been affected by blood cancers. The runners will have a text number displayed on their backs and chests to allow people to donate on route without physically handing over money.
Tony says: “It would be great if people would get in touch to book a visit from Tarzan; in return we’d like them to fundraise for Leukaemia Research. We are happy to stop at any number of venues: landmarks, stores, markets, private houses and public houses. It should be a really fun day and we can all raise money for life-saving research.”
Tarzan’s Bananathon highlights the start of Leukaemia Research awareness week and venues will have collection boxes on the day and for the duration of the charity’s awareness campaign (13-20 September).
For more information or to request Tony Audenshaw’s ‘Tarzan’s Bananathon’ to come to you, visit www.banana-army.com/bananathon or call 020 7269 9001.
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