{"id":42382,"date":"2023-05-11T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22239"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:04:41","slug":"safilens-uk-country-manager-pledges-to-macmillan-cancer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/safilens-uk-country-manager-pledges-to-macmillan-cancer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Safilens UK Country Manager pledges to Macmillan Cancer Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Ian McDermott pledges support for Macmillan in joining his daughters on Thames Path Mighty Hike\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-22240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/Ian-McDermott-250-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Ian McDermott, a well known and respected member of the Contact Lens Industry and past president of the ACLM has been &#8220;persuaded&#8221; by his two daughters to attempt the Thames Path Mighty Hike, taking place on 15<sup>th<\/sup> July, He is currently the UK Country Manager of Safilens who exhibited at 100% Optical this year with their groundbreaking myopia retarding soft contact lens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve decided to fundraise for Macmillan Cancer Support, and I\u2019d really appreciate any support you can give. &#8220;says Ian .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been \u201cpersuaded\u201d by my two loving daughters to accompany them in the Thames Path Mighty Hike, so we are all in training mode \u2013 it\u2019s a full marathon, but in recognition of my tender years, its at walking pace!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to support Ian in his quest and assist the worthy cause of Macmillan Cancer Support the instructions to do so are below:<\/p>\n<p>You can donate to my JustGiving page by clicking here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/ian-mcdemott?utm_source=Sharethis&amp;utm_medium=fundraising&amp;utm_content=ian-mcdemott&amp;utm_campaign=pfp-email&amp;utm_term=d2ec07c408724c2d8bdd907bcaccf730\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/ian-mcdemott?utm_source=Sharethis&amp;utm_medium=fundraising&amp;utm_content=ian-mcdemott&amp;utm_campaign=pfp-email&amp;utm_term=d2ec07c408724c2d8bdd907bcaccf730<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wish Ian well in his training and the big day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian asks for support in his charity day for Macmillan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2963],"tags":[2990],"class_list":["post-42382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity-news","tag-macmillan-cancer-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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