Two firies in fund-raising climb for MND
Two Umina Fire and Rescue firefighters, Ms Mikahli Clune and Ms Hannah Veen, are raising money for motor neurone disease research by taking part in an event in the Blue Mountains.
"Hannah and myself have taken up the challenge to do the Firies Climb for Motor Neurone Disease," said Ms Clune.
Calling themselves the Firecrackers, they will climb the Furber Steps in the Blue Mountains "to support the incredible work done at the MND Research Centre at Macquarie University".
Ms Clune said: "This challenge is hard, but not as hard as MND which is a progressive, terminal neurological disease.
"It affects the nerve cells (neurones) controlling the muscles that enable us to move, speak, breathe and swallow, causing them to degenerate and die.
"Macquarie University houses Australia's largest MND research facility, as well as the MND Clinic which treats 10 per cent of patients in Australia.
"All researchers work together in the one facility, on the one topic, with one aim: To stop MND."
Donations can be made online via http://penne.ws/TwSg1Q.
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Social media, 12 Jul 2025
Station 340 Umina, Fire and Rescue NSW