A big thank you to Tony Calleja who raised $1,390 from a raffle in support of MND NSW as part of his fundraising 'The Lap of Honour 2018'. Thank you to everyone who supported Tony with a ticket purchase and congratulations to the winners! Pictured left is Tony at one of his raffle ticket sale locations.
We are excited to announce MND NSW has been selected as the winner of the Disability Services Consulting (DSC) 2018 Provider Awards in the category NDIS Transition for our proactive and progressive approach to solving NDIS challenges. Thank you to Karen Dempsey of Epic Rehab for our nomination and thank you to DSC for this Award.
A big thank you to the wonderful staff of Berry Chiropractic who recently held a MND Fundraising Garage Sale with $3,454 raised. Berry Chiropractic said of the event, "We had a great day and were completely overwhelmed by the generosity and care of the Berry and wider community." Our thanks also to Berry Junior Mixed Touch Football for their generous donation of $2,000 towards the event.
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MND Connect brought together the community, researchers and clinicians in an interactive forum to discuss MND research. The presentations can be viewed by following the link below. The 4th annual MND Connect meeting was held in Melbourne on 10 November and showcased the remarkable MND research currently being undertaken in Australia. People living with MND were invited to attend, along with friends, family, researchers and health professionals from the broader MND community. Ron Grima, who is living with MND, attended the conference with his wife, Debbie. Ron provided MND Australia with the following report.
