Support Claire Diss and her fight against MND/Lyme Disease
Fundraising campaign by
Maria Loucas
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£9,205.00raised of £10,000.00 goal goal
Campaign Story
Thanks again for all your donations, we have cleared the 7k mark so we are now aiming for 10k by the end of 2016!!
Laura O'Brien (C2) her children, Rossi and Evie, together with Laura's friend Sarah Burke and her son Louie will be taking part in a 5k colour dash on Sunday 10th July to help raise awareness and crucial funds towards Claire's medical expenses (see below for Claire's story).
There are more fundraising events in the pipeline for this year - WATCH THIS SPACE!!
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Again we've smashed the target, let's see if we can get to 7k for Claire. Thank you all for your donations. Sky diving weather is looking good so bring on tomorrow!!!
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Thank you all so much for your support. Amazingly we have surpassed our expectations and exceeded the second target figure of £4000. With just 3 days to go before we leap from the plane can we get to £6000. Lets give it a go!
Every penny is appreciated!
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WOW - We smashed the £2000 target in less than 48 hours. So lets go for £4000 for Claire's medical treatment.
Thanks for all your support.
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CLAIRE'S STORY
In late 2015 Claire was diagnosed with ALS, the most progressive form of Motor Neurone Disease. Claire was given a life expectancy of 2-5 years although over the last six months her condition has worsened considerably and she is now in a wheelchair. Believing that there may be a different underlying cause because there were anomalies between her symptoms and the diagnosis, Claire went to a specialist clinic in Germany where she tested positive for Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by infected ticks which, if not treated promptly, can develop into a serious, painful and debilitating, long term condition which, we understand, can both cause and mimic the symptoms of ALS.
The treatment Claire needs to stabilise her condition is not available in the UK and she made the difficult decision to travel to Washington DC for treatment by an infectious disease doctor who specialises in Lyme disease. Claire has embarked on an aggressive antibiotic therapy lasting up to 9 months and, while there are no guarantees, Claire's doctor is confident it can halt the further progression of her illness and that there may be a chance that she can regain some of the functionality she has lost.
As you can imagine, this kind of experimental treatment is expensive and has to be funded by the family. Her friends and family have already held a number of fundraising events and, with the help of local media support, they have raised almost £30,000 in the last few months with a target of raising £60,000.
Claire's friends and colleagues are doing various fundraising activities to support Claire's medical fund. The first of these are
24 hour round the World relay - Global Marketing Team - 15 March
Sponsored Skydive - Chantelle Marlton, Karen Wilson and Maria Loucas - 19 March
Any support is much appreciated!
Fundraising Team
- Maria Loucas
- Campaign Owner
- Chantelle Marlton
- Campaign Co-owner
- Maria Loucas
- Campaign Co-owner
Donors
- Laura OBrien
- Donated on Aug 31, 2016
A late donation from our Colour Run in July! xxxx
- Laura O'Brien
- Donated on Jul 22, 2016
Money collected by Laura O'Brien, Sarah Burke and kids for the 5k Colour Run! Many thanks everyone. 10th July 2016
No updates for this campaign just yet
Donors & Comments
- Louise Morris
- Donated on Dec 29, 2016
Claire's colleagues were keen to support the efforts of Claire's family and friends in raising the much needed funds for Claire's on-going medical treatment. Although we many miles away, Claire, we are all very much rooting for you in your fight against this illness.
- Laura OBrien
- Donated on Aug 31, 2016
A late donation from our Colour Run in July! xxxx
- Laura O'Brien
- Donated on Jul 22, 2016
Money collected by Laura O'Brien, Sarah Burke and kids for the 5k Colour Run! Many thanks everyone. 10th July 2016
- Maria Loucas
- Donated on Jul 13, 2016
Well done Laura, Rossie and Evie.
- Casey Jones
- Donated on Jul 09, 2016
Good luck Laura, Rossi and Evie on the 5k colour run! A very worthy cause xx
- Lyndsay Woodard
- Donated on Jul 09, 2016
Good luck to you all. Xxx
- Karen Wilson
- Donated on Jul 09, 2016
Good luck Laura, Rossi and Evie. Keep on running! Love Karen, Sim, Darcy and Erin xxx
- Elva Cullen
- Donated on Jul 08, 2016
Good luck Laura, Rossi and Evie!
- chantelle marlton
- Donated on Jul 08, 2016
- Sarah McFarlane
- Donated on Jul 08, 2016
Claire's colleagues were keen to support the efforts of Claire's family and friends in raising the much needed funds for Claire's on-going medical treatment. Although we many miles away, Claire, we are all very much rooting for you in your fight against this illness.