18.8.08

Please sponsor my Pop

A few years ago, my Pop was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. For those of you who don't know much about the disease, it can easily be described as a movement disorder with symptons such as slowness of movement, muscle rigidity, instability, and tremor. You can read more about it here.

On Aug 31st Australia is holding it's first Unity Walk to raise money to help find a cure for the disease and to raise funds to support families suffering from Parkinson's. And my pop is going to be doing the walk!

He is raising money for the event and has his own sponsor page on the web! Which you can access here.

You need to pay by credit card and you are sent a receipt in the mail.

50% of the proceeds will go towards research and the other 50% will go towards services for people with Parkinson's , their families and carers. This will be Australia's first Unity Walk which is something one can be proud to be a part of.


If you want to know about the disease:
click here


If you want to sponsor Pop Furlong:
click here


If you just want to read about the Unity Walk:
click here


Every donation helps no matter how small or big!

This will be a big challenge for my Pop on the day as Parkinson's affects mobility. I'm so proud of him for giving it a go and for being active about it though.

Thanks in advance to all those who wish to donate to a worthy cause!

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