Meet Colin and Eric , Eric is living with MND and his best friend Colin has set himself a target of raising £2 500.00 for Eric`s Motor Neurone Disease tribute fund, by running in this years Virgin London Marathon on the 22nd April .Colin writes Eric won`t benefit from it himself but it is a mark of the man that he has set up the fund so others will benefit from the efforts of his family and friends. Please donate if you can -we know times are hard but as Eric once said - You never know which £ donated is gonna lead to that all important research breakthrough ! For those of you who are maybe thinking of giving up smoking as part of a New Year `s resolution- Why not let us help you-donate the cost of a packet of cigarettes [ around £7 ] to our just giving site- which then sends your donation straight to the M.N.D.A. automatically claiming Gift Aid if you are a U.K. taxpayer , so your donation is worth more.
Colin is already off to a flying start and has raised £550.00 with gift aid adding another 20% to that total !! Training has started in earnest with Colin trying to raise as much awareness as he possibly can by wearing his M.N.D training vest [ and one of our awareness bands too- of course]
You can follow Colin`s blog and catch up on his training sessions and donate by clicking on the link belowhttp://www.justgiving.com/user/26134474
Some of you might remember this picture taken last Boxing day , Colin`s wife Cristina sent it in -She had bought some bands from us and thought it a nice gesture to show Eric and the family their support by wearing them , Cristina wrote.....
They are a lovely family -we will never give up trying to beat this illness or trying to raise awareness - Well said ! And good Luck to you Colin xx
You will be seeing more of Eric and his family and friends soon on the T.V. As Eric`s house has been given a make over by the DIY SOS team ! The programme will be going out around March time- Cristina`s laughs we made sure were all wandering around in the background wearing our MND T- shirts to raise as much awareness as we can for the MNDA .
I will keep you updated when I know more .
9 comments:
More angels on earth. Your blog restores my faith in man (and woman )kind Janet. I hope you are well Janet xxxxx
This is so heart-warming, Janet. What a culprit this MND is. Keep up the good work.
Jim
Thank you for sharing Janet...continuing prayers for a cure!
Best wishes to you.. MND is so cruel. I have just been diagnosed, still in shock. But friends have been so supportive.
Keep strong Nikki and never give up hope xx
Yay for Colin!
I hope you are doing ok, dear Janet.
Lovely post Janet, thank you so much. One of these days, hopefully not in the very distant future, they will find a cure.
To answer your question about the bird on the right of my picture, it is a male Housefinch. I get quite a lot of them at my feeders, along with their more muted colored mates.
Hi again Janet, I am back. I mispoke when I told you that the bird was a Housefinch. I read your comment again and saw that you asked about the bird in my header photo. That one is a female Cardinal. the male Cardinals are bright red.
Hi Diane
Yes I`am fine thank you !
Thanks Jim
And Theanne - Terry xxxx
Denise -Thank you for popping by and letting me know- that bird was so pretty.x
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