Update No 3 - Kelly Marie recently teamed up with Muscular Dystrophy Campaign employee Helen Putnam (who is also skydiving on 2 March) at the RAF Museum to get in the mood for their forthcoming parachute jump - see photo above

Update No 2 - Kelly-Marie recently paid a visit to the parachute centre near Lancaster and got to see the plane the team will be jumping out of as well as try a real parachute for size - check out the photos on this page

 Update No 1 - Great News everybody! Stuart Manning has now joined the skydiving team and will be taking the plunge with us all on 2 March 2013! Please continue to support us by making a donation through this Just Giving page. Thanks Kelly-Marie x

 

Hi and thanks for stopping by our Just Giving donations page

 

On 2 March, myself and four brave souls - Craig Phillips, Rebecca Walker, Layla Flaherty and Stuart Manning - will be taking to the skies over Lancashire and leaping 15,000ft from an aircraft (with parachutes!) in support of the families in the UK who are living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. You can help us to overcome our nerves and reach our fundraising target by sponsoring us and telling everyone you know to do the same!

 

We are proud members of Team 100 – 100 skydivers from every part of the UK. We will all be hurling ourselves out of planes over the first weekend of the spring for Make Today Count, in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - a charity which I feel passionately about.

 

The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign helps not only those affected by muscle-wasting conditions but also people living with many types of neuromuscular conditions, like my own (Guillain-Barré syndrome).

 

When the charity asked me to become an ambassador for them in October last year, I felt deeply proud – and absolutely determined to roll up my sleeves and get involved! Craig, Rebecca, Stuart and Layla have showed their kindness – and bravery! – by stepping up to support me in the skydive.

 

Team 100 hopes to raise £50,000 in one weekend. This money will help the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign fund scientists working on some really promising treatments that look like they may help people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

 

Duchenne muscular dystrophy almost always affects boys – most are diagnosed at just three or four years old. It causes muscles to weaken and waste over time, causing those who have it to become increasingly disabled. Most children who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy will not see their 30 birthday.

 

As a mum with a young child myself, I want to help. Please support the 'Diverbirds' by making a donation today through our Just Giving page and help us get to that treatment.

 

Thank you

 

Kelly Marie, Rebecca, Layla, Stuart, Craig    xx

 

PS. Don’t forget to tick the Gift Aid box when you make your donation! That means that more money goes to the charity, at no extra cost to you.

 

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