WICKES customer service manager Melissa McGrath is to trek across Alaska for eight days for the charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
The 30-year-old, who works in the DIY firm’s Botley store, will set off on September 4 from the base of the Talkeetna Mountains with 20 other staff from the firm.
Ms McGrath said: “I do not think I have ever considered a challenge like this before but when the opportunity arose, I simply had to apply.
“I have no doubts that I will be pushing myself to the extremes but the money we raise will help beat blood cancer.”
She hopes to raise £2,500. To make a donation, click on the link.
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