Team Eden
Team Eden's Mission 5000 Challenge
Fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease Association
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Team Eden is pledging to walk/run/cycle a mighty 5000 miles over 5 weeks on behalf of the Motor Neurone Disease Association’s Mission 5000 fundraising campaign, travelling a mile for every person living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in the UK.
MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that attacks the nerves that control movement, so muscles no longer work. It can leave a person unable to move, eat, drink, speak, and eventually breathe. MND is life-shortening and there is currently no treatment and no cure. MND kills a third of people within a year of diagnosis and more than half within 2 years.
'Team Eden' are the staff, family and friends of Eden Rivers Trust, (a conservation charity based in the Eden Valley, Cumbria). We are doing this in honour of our loved ones living with MND: Tania’s Mum, her friend’s Dad and Sarah’s Auntie; and in memory of Lev’s uncle who sadly died from MND.
5000 miles over five weeks is an average of 77 miles a week for each of us. This is quite some challenge, but with the support of our families and friends we are determined to do it! We will push ourselves beyond our comfort limits – from running 21 miles off-road along the Ullswater Way to cycling the length of the River Eden, 67 miles from Source to Sea. Mission 5000 starts on Sunday 13th September and finishes five weeks later on Sunday 18th October, by which time we hope to have raised £2000.
The MND Association, who provide invaluable support for those affected by this cruel disease, as well as carrying out research to find a cure, has been devastated by the pandemic. It faces losing up to a third of its income following the postponement and cancellation of fundraising events this year, at a time when families affected by MND need support more than ever.
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