Terry O'Connor

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Fundraising for JOINING JACK
£1,395
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Event: Bupa Great North Run 2012, on 16 September 2012
JOINING JACK

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We are raising much needed funds to help fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

We are running the Great North Run for JoiningJack which is a charity set up for Jack who is everything a four-year-old should be. He is cheeky, excitable and a big softy at heart. He loves to make dens, play hide and seek and wave his lightsaber like a Jedi Knight. In a few months time he will start school and cannot wait to begin his journey into the big wide world. But Jack does not yet know is that he has a terminal, incurable disease.

In October 2011 we received the shattering news that Jack has Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Failing a medical breakthrough, Jack's life will follow a predetermined path, mapped out by this progressive muscle wasting condition. In short, he will no longer be able to walk by the time he reaches adolescence and will lose the use of every single muscle in his body thereafter. He may need spinal rods to keep him upright and ventilation to help him breath. Eventually his heart and lungs will fail and he will die.

Find out more at; www.alljoinjack.org and please give generously

About the charity

JOINING JACK

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Joining Jack has the ultimate aim of finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, one of the most common fatal genetic conditions in the world. Recent scientific breakthroughs mean that the development of a treatment is closer than ever, and this will not only help Jack but all sufferers of DMD.

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