Charles Costa Duarte
Thumbs Up for Scooting - in Memory of Brig Gordon Ferguson OBE DL
Fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease Association
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£29,600 TOTAL RAISED SO FAR (see how below)
GREAT PHOTOS OF THE EVENT FOR SALE IN AID OF MNDA CAN BE SEEN ON http://www.louisascottphotography.com/media/events/scooters/pre_index.htm
IN MEMORY OF GORDON FERGUSON
We, his grandchildren, whizzed around a circuit in Battersea Park on our scooters on Thursday 17th June at 4pm with 175 more children on scooters raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. As well as the amount at the top of the page, our fellow scooterers raised a further £6623 on their justgiving sites, so our total sponsorship is over £24,806, with £4,870 Gift Aid making £29,676. Please keep giving! We could really make a difference with this money.
MND is a rapidly progressive, fatal disease that in the UK affects around 5,000 people at any one time, killing at least five people a day. The nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord of MND sufferers gradually die, causing the muscles throughout the body to stop working. At Christmas 2008, Gordon Ferguson noticed that he was occasionally slurring and lisping when he spoke. Two months later, a week before his 66th birthday, he was diagnosed with MND. There is no treatment, so over the next few months, as his family looked on with helplessness and horror, this fit and vivacious man gradually and reluctantly gave up each of his functions: first eating, then talking, then walking, then moving, yet with his mind remaining as sharp as ever throughout. In October 2009, less than eight months after diagnosis, he died. His was a fairly typical case. His daughter Lucy organised this event to raise money for the MND Association which provides care for people with MND and funds research into ways of preventing, curing or at least slowing the progress of the disease. Please help us raise money for this important cause. Thank you! This event is kindly sponsored by Micro Scooters www.micro-scooters.co.uk
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Thank you SO much for your support!