Hello,

Firstly a BIG Thank You for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.

Please NOTE our current total is a combined fundraising amount from 2014 & 2015.

Here is our story - I was asked to run in the 2014 Baxters 5K by a friend and as I had NEVER run a race before I decided I was up for the challenge..... why not give it a go I thought. However I knew I wanted to take the opportunity to raise some money & awareness for Parkinson's UK.

Without any convincing my two sisters, Lorraine and Karen, got involved as well as they were also keen to fundraise for Parkinson's UK. Why Parkinson's UK ?? Well, it's a charity very close to our hearts as our Mum, the gorgeous and wonderful, Helen was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2009. She has been through some tough periods but she has always been our inspirational Mum who forgets about her troubles to make sure, Dad along with the 3 of us and the 5 grandkids are all ok.

Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition with one person in every 500 having the disease. Symptoms and how they may progress are different for everyone. Some symptoms that people with Parkinson's may get are: Tremor/Shaking, Slowness of Movement and Stiffness.

There is currently no cure for Parkinson's but ongoing research and improvements in medication do help people manage these symptoms.

Other than the love and support we can give to Mum, we felt that fundraising was our way of helping a little more by adding some dosh to the research pot. We also wanted to make her proud of us like we are so very proud of her.

Our family and friends have been very supportive and we roped in lots of them to join us in taking part in the race. Members of our 2015 Team are:

Joanne (me), Brian, Jessica & Bethany Philip

Karen Aitken & Kade Ferguson

Lorraine Aitken, Leah Murphy & Billy Dodds

Laura Mackay, Jay & Hamish Grant

Ashley Craig & Brooke Carver

Brian Snr & Layla Philip

Alison Forsyth, Mandy & Sophie Anderson

Kim Smith

Kerry & James Jnr MacDonald

Donna Wilson

Carl aka Smiler & Jamie Sanctuary

Michelle Dowdles & Shonaid Bowie

Karen & Louisa Laird

Angela Mapplebeck

Ashley Duncan

Kayren Gill

Lynn Wemyss

Grace Cruickshank

This year the challenge is to tackle the 5K or the 10K ... I have chosen to take on the 10K eek what have I done!!

So as well as thanking you for taking the time to read our story and for donating (go on we know you want to). We also can't thank our friends and family enough for joining Team Shaken NOT Stirred and making this challenge extra special for us.

Joanne, Team Captain :-)

PS - Its not too late to join our team and run the 5K with us.

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