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Hello. To recap:
I'm running the Great North Run in September for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The GNR is a 13 mile half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields and the MNDA is a charitable organisation dedicated to finding a cure for and supporting suffers of a horrible disease.
I'm looking for sponsorship for the run. If you would like to help please either click the link below to donate online or reply to the email I sent you and let me know what you'd like to be put down for. If you donate online and are a UK taxpayer the taxman will add almost an additional third to your figure by way of MNDA being able to reclaim the tax paid on your donation - which can make a substantial difference to the final bottom line. You can also choose to donate anonymously if you give online.
Online donators also have the opportunity to fill a comments box; include the time you think I'll do it in and the closest wins a special prize consisting of free alcohol of some description.
Further info below.
Thank you.
Great North Run: www.greatrun.org/events/event.asp?id=1 Motor Neurone Disease: www.mnda.org/full-site/what/index.htm Motor Neurone Disease is the name given to a group of related diseases affecting the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurones are the nerve cells along which the brain sends instructions, in the form of electrical impulses, to the muscles. Degeneration of these neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles. This generally occurs initially in your arms or legs, and many people go on to develop weakness and wasting in the muscles supplying the face and throat, causing problems with speech and difficulty chewing and swallowing. MND does not affect touch, taste, sight, smell or hearing, nor directly bladder, bowel, or sexual function. In the vast majority of cases, the intellect remains unaffected. If you can walk, talk, shake hands and swallow - just try and imagine losing all these functions without your brain being affected. It's very distressing. MND is generally a steadily progressive disease with currently no cure. That means it gets worse and doesn't get better.
I'm running the Great North Run in September for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The GNR is a 13 mile half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields and the MNDA is a charitable organisation dedicated to finding a cure for and supporting suffers of a horrible disease.
I'm looking for sponsorship for the run. If you would like to help please either click the link below to donate online or reply to the email I sent you and let me know what you'd like to be put down for. If you donate online and are a UK taxpayer the taxman will add almost an additional third to your figure by way of MNDA being able to reclaim the tax paid on your donation - which can make a substantial difference to the final bottom line. You can also choose to donate anonymously if you give online.
Online donators also have the opportunity to fill a comments box; include the time you think I'll do it in and the closest wins a special prize consisting of free alcohol of some description.
Further info below.
Thank you.
Great North Run: www.greatrun.org/events/event.asp?id=1 Motor Neurone Disease: www.mnda.org/full-site/what/index.htm Motor Neurone Disease is the name given to a group of related diseases affecting the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurones are the nerve cells along which the brain sends instructions, in the form of electrical impulses, to the muscles. Degeneration of these neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles. This generally occurs initially in your arms or legs, and many people go on to develop weakness and wasting in the muscles supplying the face and throat, causing problems with speech and difficulty chewing and swallowing. MND does not affect touch, taste, sight, smell or hearing, nor directly bladder, bowel, or sexual function. In the vast majority of cases, the intellect remains unaffected. If you can walk, talk, shake hands and swallow - just try and imagine losing all these functions without your brain being affected. It's very distressing. MND is generally a steadily progressive disease with currently no cure. That means it gets worse and doesn't get better.