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The Foundation has been very active in seeking exposure on a local, state, national and international level in 2011 to really help raise the profile of Motor Neurone Disease and its impact on the community.

Award winning Courier Mail journalist Trent Dalton started the ball rolling with his incredible ‘The Long Goodbye’ article back in May 2011. The Queensland Reds then jumped on board in June by wearing special one off Jerseys for their clash against the ...

Grab a team of workmates to take on other Brisbane corporates in the 2012 MW Recruitment / MND and Me Foundation Brisbane Corporate Swimming Carnival on Friday 2nd March 2012. Brisbane’s corporates will be going head to head in a fun filled night of swimming and entertainment at Brisbane’s Valley Pool. Enter your team now by contacting Hugh at hugh@mwrecruitment.com.au.

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BUILT Annual Charity Golf Day

Brookwater Golf & Country Club, QLD Friday 17 February 2012 – Built are pleased to invite you to join us for a spectacular day at Brookwater Golf Club to raise much needed funds for The MND & Me Foundation.

Ask your employer to sponsor a hole at the 2012 Built / MND and Me Foundation Charity Golf Day on Friday 17^th February 2012. It will be a spectacular day out at Brookwater Golf ...

On Saturday 3rd December Muay Thai kickboxers, Brett Zanchetta and Justin Galt came out of retirement to join the fight against MND. An incredible $23,000 was raised on the night for the MND and Me Foundation. A big thank you to Brett and Justin for all their time, energy and passion in organising the Charity Fight at Evolution 25 at Chandler. Significant awareness was also raised with a crowd of over 3000 people in attendance together with upcoming ...

On Sunday October 16th, 2011, One Million Metres was swum at Langlands Pool for MND. The event was the brainchild of the Masters swim squad at Langlands and in total over $180,000 was raised for the MND and Me Foundation. A massive thank you to the organisers, the volunteers, the swimmers and all supporters. A special mention to the event’s ambassadors, Jess Schipper and Susie O’Neill for their support as well. What an amazing day….

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How much is facial hair worth? Well if you’ve had it for over 30yrs then it’s worth over $14,000. Bruce, Trevor and Peter from Suncorp Bank each shaved off their long-standing facial hair on the 7th September 2011 to raise money for the MND and Me Foundation. Thanks so much to the guys and their supporters, incredible gesture and you all look very handsome as well!

A big thank you to our team of “MND and Me” runners who participated in the Gold Coast Marathon event on 2/3rd July 2011. We had teams enter the 10km event, the half marathon and the full marathon under the banner of the MND and Me Foundation. It was an incredible effort from all competitors to finish and in the process raise over $50,000 for the Foundation. Thank you to all who participated and supported. We’ll be going ...

On the 16th July, 2011 we had a MND and Me team participate in the grueling 96km Kokoda Challenge through the rugged Gold Coast Hinterland. The team completed the non-stop trek in just under 30hrs and in the process raised over $8,000 for the MND and Me Foundation. What an incredible effort. Thank you to the team of Stephan, Scott, Craig and Mathew and their supporters. Any brave takers for 2012?

The 2012 Premier Rugby Champions, the Sunnybank Dragons, threw their support behind the MND and Me Foundation by wearing specially designed jerseys for their clash against University at Oldmac oval on Saturday 6th August 2011. Each Jersey was auctioned off after full time with all proceeds going to ...

Queensland Reds and MND and Me Foundation form partnership to raise awareness and funds for Motor Neurone Disease.

Qld St. George Reds to wear and auction off specially designed jersey for clash with Brumbies

It gives the MND and Me Foundation tremendous pleasure to announce that the Queensland Reds will be wearing a specially designed one off jersey incorporating the MND and Me Foundation logo for the Reds v Brumbies match at Suncorp Stadium ...