Raising money for MND
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Some of you will be aware of why and how the Motor Neurone Disease Association has played a large part in our families life for the past 2 years. In March 2020 our father started to experience some weakness and pain in his left hip, followed by some weakness in his left arm. After lots of investigations, continued deterioration in mobility and strength and 4 weeks in hospital we unfortunately got the devastating news that our father was diagnosed with MND. At the time we knew little about this disease, only that it is life limiting, was going to cause an enormous amount of heartache throughout the progression of the disease and would have a massive impact on us as a family.
Since our fathers diagnosis we have unfortunately watched him deteriorate to this date where he is unable to participate in any daily tasks without support, communicate verbally or have any food or drink orally. It is hard to put in to words how difficult it is to watch the person who you admire and have always looked up to go from a fit, healthy, happy individual to being stuck in a body that refuses to respond, whilst knowing he is fully aware of everything surrounding him.
MND has been in the public domain a lot more recently, with the likes of Rob Burrows, Stephen Darby, Doddie Weir and Kevin Sinfield campaigning for the cause to make additional funding available for MND treatment and research. Although the MNDA have finally recieved £50million funding there is still a long way to go to find a cure for this terrible disease.
On 2nd October 2022, myself and Ian will be attempting to run and complete the London Marathon. We want to not only raise money but to raise awareness for MNDA to support the ongoing research into this disease and also to continue to support the individuals and their families who are hugely impacted from MND. We do this knowing we are doing it with the full support of any of the Morris gang whether that is Claire, Helen or the rest of the Morris family. I did set an initial target of £3000, however now Ian has been awarded a place the target has increased to £6000.
We appreciate that covid has caused havoc on everyones lives in some way over the last 2 years but we would really appreciate any donation that you could give. This means more than you could imagine for not only the family and our father but every single other person affected by MND.
The Motor Neurone Disease Association is the only national charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland focused on MND care, research and campaigning. You can visit our main website at www.mndassociation.org for more information, support and details of how you can help us. You can help us by: Fundraising - go to www.mndassociation.org/fundraising Volunteering - go to www.mndassociation.org/volunteer Campaigning - go to www.mndassociation.org/campaigning Hi friends, join me in making a difference by supporting a good cause! I'm raising money for Motor Neurone Disease Association and any donation will help make a difference.
Thank you in advance for your contribution it means so much to us.
Fundraising team (2)
Peter Morris
Organizer
England
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Registered nonprofit
Donations eligible for Gift Aid.
Ian Morris
Team member
