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Crop Mop/Buzz Fuzz: Nurk->Nat Young

Buzz The Fuzz: Nurk Daddo will be shaving this November 30th. The first time in 40+ years he will be without facial hair!!

Thank you  for joining in with this awareness and fundraising Campaign Nurk !   Half the funds raised from Nurk's 'Buzz' will go to Natalie Young (a fellow Parks and Wildlife worker and Lyme patient), and the other half towards GLiIO projects.

A huge shout out also to  Mosaic Hair and Beauty in Narooma for supporting this campaign by offering to 'Buzz the Fuzz' for Nurk this November 30th. We look forward to seeing the video of the event.

Further Background Information on this Campaign and Natalie can be read below the next picture.

Picture: Karen and Nurk [outside of Mosaic Hair and Beauty Salon in Narooma ] having a practice run by practicing shaving KB in  preparation for the big day. 

Further Background Information on this Campaign:

Crop The Mop / Buzz The Fuzz  is Global Lyme & Invisible Illness Organisation (GLiIO) campaign. 2016 is its Inaugural year, with it set to become a yearly Spring (Southern Hemisphere)  campaign to raise awareness of Lyme & Other Vector Borne Illness. It also aims to raise funds for GLiIO projects and to help people raise funds for treatment for themselves, or others.

Having no hair to ‘crop’, Australian Lyme patient, Nurk Daddo, added the ‘Buzz the Fuzz’ component to the 'Crop the Mop' campaign: 
“For any blokes that want to get involved, where, like myself, cranial hirsuteness may be an issue, I've come up with Buzz the Fuzz - I'm going to join in by shaving off my beard - facial fuzz that has been my friend for 40 years”, he said.

The primary aims of Crop The Mop are: 
1. To raise awareness of Lyme & Vector Borne Illness
2. Raise funds for projects that GLiIO undertakes
3. Help people raise funds for patient care / treatment

1. To raise awareness of Lyme & Vector Borne Illness Crop the Mop – Buzz the Fuzz will become a yearly campaign, with the concept following on from similar lines in which the Northern Hemisphere Lyme community joined forces to raise awareness of the dangers of ticks and the pathogens they carry in May, which is their last month of Spring. Similarly, this campaign will raise awareness in time for summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and aims to educate the wider community that ticks become more active in summer time, and to be aware of the health issues that may follow after a tick bite.

The date of November 30th 2016 was chosen to launch the inaugural campaign as it is a significant one in Australia this year. On this date the final report of the Australian Government Senate Inquiry regarding the ‘Growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme like illness for many Australian patients’ is due to be released. 

We are hoping that the only thing being swept away on November 30th is hair, and not the need for funding and research into this Vector Borne Illness that is debilitating thousands of people in Australia and around the world.

2. Raise funds for projects that GLiIO undertakes
Global Lyme & Invisible Illness Projects include: Red Shoe Day: A Day of Remembrance, Holiday Seasons, Global May Project - Raising awareness and connecting patients around the world.

3. Help people raise funds for patient care / treatment

“Being involved with the Lyme community for a number of years, we are very aware of the fact that many people struggle with treatment and everyday living costs. We wanted to be able to give back to the people in the community who are constantly raising awareness and helping others, by offering a way to raise some extra funds of their own".   Lisa and Karen, co-founders of GLiIO said. (To see full Media Release: Click Here )

Futher information about Natalie:  "My name is Natalie and i have late stage neurological lyme like disease.I didnt want to have to do this but i need to get back overseas for more treatment ive been fighting neuroborreliosis late stage lyme like disease and multiple tick borne coinfections for 6 years needed full time care for 4 years, its been hell on earth but i know i have to stay here for my daughter". To read more see Natalies's go fund me Page

Further Information about Crop The Mop can be seen on the Website: Global Lyme & Invisible Illness Organisation: Crop The Mop

Connecting Crop The Mop Fundraisers include:
Karen & Lisa - Co-Founders Of GLiIO




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Karen Smith
Organisator
Blue Mountain QLD

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