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Special feature SPECIAL Features 24HOUR CHARITY DINGHY RACE IDEAL—Better Care ⇒ Better Health Children’s Cancer Foundation This year’s annual 24-hour Charity Dinghy Race will be held on 1 & 2 November. On behalf of HHYC and all the charities involved, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all the sponsors and contributors who supported the event last year—allowing us to continue to make dreams come true. Below is a summary of the feedback we received from the charities, on how they used the funding from last year’s 24-hour charity event. From the funds raised at the Hebe Haven Yacht Club Charity Dinghy Race 2013, IDEAL was very grateful for the support to continue the ‘Better Care⇒Better Health Project’. A series of physical fitness programmes were successfully conducted to promote the good health of the members as well as their parents and to promote health awareness in the IDEAL family. The activities enhanced the flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and endurance of the members and the parents. This can lessen the burden of the cost of medical care for the families and, in the long run, to society at large. We thank you very much for your support. The funds raised through the 24-hour Charity Dinghy Race were used to sponsor the following prosthetic devices and diagnostic tests for child cancer patients in 2013: Sailability We were very grateful to the 24-hour Race Committee for including us as one of the charities they would support in last year’ ̀