Walking for Len to Aid Mesothelioma Research
Thursday, July 16th, 2009John Barnes will attempt to walk the 102-mile Cotswald Way in six days in August to raise money for the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund. Barnes, 62, is undertaking the walk in memory of Graham “Len” Hutton, a retired British policy officer, who died of mesothelioma last year.
“I am hoping my walk will not only increase the awareness of mesothelioma, an asbestos related disease, but also give some of Len’s friends a chance to remember him,” Barnes told Stroud News & Journal in England.
Hutton, 66, served for 30 years as a police officer in London and Gloucestershire. After retiring in 1991, he managed recreation centers. He died in December 2008, six months after diagnosis.
Barnes will walk the trail that passes through a number of picturesque villages from Aug. 26-31. The June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund, established after June Hancock’s death in 1997, support high quality research and assists with many patients information seminars.
