I'm fundraising for the 2025 Daniher Drive..... and I need your help.
Once again, we’re taking part in the Daniher Drive, to help FightMND in its mission to find effective treatments and - one day - a cure for MND.
To this end, your tangible support truly makes an impact.....your support, in the form of a tax deductible donation, only takes a minute; and this goes a long way towards valuable, impactful MND research.
Thank you, we really appreciate your support!
To understand how your financial support works, feel free to watch the brief video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkNzEWasiRo
For more details on allocation of resources, please see the annual reports.
https://fightmnd.org.au/about/annual-reports/
You may well ask, 'WHY 'Team Microbiology?' ........and fair enough, too. Microbiology is what I've been privileged to do for my working life.
Whilst we don't yet know the definitive causes that lead to MND (or why in some individuals and not others), the possibility of an underlying microbial agent remains as one of the hypotheses.
To this end, one of the research teams based in Adelaide (and being supported in their work by FightMND) is investigating the link between human retroviruses - the same family of viruses as HIV - and motor neurone disease. It's a microbiological link that warrants investigation; and, if shown to be so, is a significant path to enabling future treatments AND prevention.
To this end, I'm really excited about where this research might lead.
I hope this context helps you to understand and support this initiative. I appreciate your time, your interest, and especially your support through your tax-deductible donation. Thank you.
My Achievements

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Thank you to my Sponsors

$515
Tricia Klemm

$333
Peter Traynor

$158.25
Tony A

$106.12
Trevor White
Go Peter and Team. Good on you.

$106.12
Chris Ossowicz

$106.12
Julie Brookes
Well done Peter for your long standing support of this important cause. Enjoy the drive across the ploughed field but dont break the eggs!!!

$106.12
Neil Gesslein
Go for it Pete, Say Hi to the "Other Neil"

$106.12
Dean Whiting
Your passion for the cause is infections. Well done Peter.

$106.12
Dorothy Klemm
Good luck on a successful trip

$106.12
Margaret Tentser
Well done Peter!

$106.12
Ben Jefferies
Great work Peter

$106.12
Trudy Graham
Happy to donate to such a worthy cause

$106.12
Chris Bennett
Good one Pete. Hope it goes well.

$106.12
Ken

$80.25
W Falloon
Great cause Peter, good on you!

$80.25
Jacqueline S

$80.25
Pj
Good on you Peter. The 2cv should get plenty of attention!

$54.12
Phil Trevan
All the best Pete

$54.12
Paul Costello
Great work mate

$54.12
Lisa Brenton
Great work for a super important cause Peter

$43.60
Felix Neighbour
Go well Peter! A very worthy cause.

$39.35
Tristan Scotcher

$39.35
Christopher Pepe
Keep up the great work.

$39.35
Anonymous

$36
Danielle Corby
All the best Pete! Great cause.

$36
Peter Speck
Great cause Peter Good luck!

$11.65
Hope that you have a great time supporting a worthy cause.