<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I am running in memory of my Grandpa Ted and Cousin Jenny who tragically lost their lives to this awful disease. My family give a lot of their time fundraising with the Milton Keynes Branch and it has inspired me to do my bit in raising awareness and money for research and finding a cure.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the upper and lower motor neurones.</span></span><span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /> <span>Degeneration of the motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of muscles, causing increasing loss of mobility in the limbs, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Please please help by giving as little or as much as you can. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thank you, </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Helena&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></p> </p>