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The big ride to Parkes supporting PD

  • FLHuTChU
    FLHuTChU
    11 years ago

    G'day all. This sounds like a worthwhile trip. Something different. I will check it out and see if i'm going.

    Click the link or read the words.

    http://thebigride4parkinsons.gofundraise.com.au/cms/home

     








         		   Join us to provide Help for Today and Hope for Tomorrow.

    On Saturday 4 May, hundreds of bikers will set out from Sydney Olympic Park, along Olympic Boulevard for the 360 km Big Ride to Parkes. Ending at the iconic Big Dish, made famous in the movie "The Dish".

    The riders will comprise bike enthusiasts; from weekend warriors to corporate cowboys. From members of Ulysses to Long Riders and anyone who just loves those weekend rides to nowhere. They will be on Harleys, Victorys, Triumphs, Hondas, Kawasakis, Yamahas and Beamers but they will all have one destination in sight - Parkes for Parkinson’s.

    The Challenge

    Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative condition (after dementia); a chronic, progressive and incurable disease with substantial disability, whose sufferers face enormous physical and psychological challenges.

    The Challenge is not the ride. The challenge is what every person with Parkinson’s faces every day of their lives. Our challenge is to sustain the free counselling, information, education and nursing services that we provide.

    • 10,500 new cases of PD were diagnosed in Australia in 2011 - 30 a day
    • 19% of people living with PD are of working age (15-64)
    • Approximately 1 in 350 people in Australia lives with PD
    • For someone living with PD for 12 years, the average lifetime financial cost is around $144,000
    • The PD burden on the national economy is around $8 billion annually.

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  • mickle
    mickle
    11 years ago

    Great cause.

  • scotti
    scotti
    11 years ago
    Yeah teriffic cause , i have a once very clever , productive and successful uncle that suffers from PD + dementia , ruinned him and his family , but since i`ve been side lined for 3 months til end of May , i`ll have to give it a miss !
    Big Ride that`s for sure !
  • geza
    geza
    11 years ago

     Hi all registration cut off date 19th April don't miss out

  • geza
    geza
    11 years ago

     now price 145 and entry on the day

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