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🧠 **Raising Awareness for Motor Neuron Disease (MND)** 🧠 Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a progressive neurological condition that impacts the lives of thousands in our community, affecting motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. This debilitating disease leads to muscle weakness, paralysis, and eventually, difficulty in speaking, swallowing, and breathing. The effects of MND ripple through families and communities, creating emotional, physical, and financial challenges. Patients require comprehensive care and support, and caregivers often face immense pressure. Our community's resilience shines through in these trying times, but more awareness and support are crucial. We need to unite in supporting those affected by MND through fundraising, volunteering, and advocating for better healthcare resources. Together, we can drive research efforts towards finding a cure and provide much-needed hope and assistance to families battling this relentless disease. Join us in raising awareness and supporting our community members affected by MND. Every effort counts. 💙 #MND #MotorNeuronDisease #Healthcare #CommunitySupport #HopeForACure #Awareness

Locals Supporting Local Hearts ♥️ We’re proud to share that Peninsula Dealer Group has donated $5,000 to support cardiology services at Peninsula Health. Thanks to the efforts across our seven dealerships, $4 from every service performed in October was pledged, raising $4,824 to help purchase advanced echocardiography software. This cutting-edge technology will enhance diagnostic accuracy, ensuring better outcomes for heart patients in our community. A big thank you to our team and our customers for making this possible—together, we’re driving positive change.

Anaphora needs your help! Anaphora is a non-profit orthodox media ministry offering divine liturgies, sermons, podcasts, songs and much more to provide those seeking a transformative experience the opportunity to immerse themselves in wisdom, prayer, and enlightenment. The funds donated will go towards infrastructure development of the platform and the extensive costs of server maintenance and security updates. We rely solely on the generosity of people like you to provide the service to the many who rely on it. The costs of development are significant, but the benefits this ministry provides are innumerable. Your donations will immediately go towards the development of a necessary upgrade to our system to keep the application running. The current build can no longer be updated which means it can no longer remain on the iOS or Android stores. The required development costs for this infrastructure total nearly $85,000, while annual server costs are approximately $25,000. The upgrades are already well underway, but we need your help for milestone payments to release the current build on iOS and to begin Android development. As part of this commitment, Anaphora is developed it’s incredible library of exclusive content and expanding into more and newer services to help reach the depth and breadth of those who seek God’s words. If you know anyone who wants to donate to this cause, please share the following GoFundMe campaign https://lnkd.in/gyyCdaGF

KURE is launching another funding campaign to raise funds for projects that undergoing right now! I hope you don’t mind spending some time reviewing out pitch and projects we are currently working on, follow the link provided in the post. #rocketry #funding #sponsorship #society #rocketengine #kure #competitions #kingstonuniversity

What a great project on so many levels.

Check out my recent chat with Zachary Marion, founder of Shoreline Waste Solution. I greatly appreciate your support of Saviour Organization!! #leavenokidbehind

OpenAI published a post about evaluating their corporate structure to better support their mission of ensuring AGI benefits humanity - OpenAI's Board is planning to transform their for-profit into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) to enable raising more capital, strengthen the non-profit, and advance their mission - The Board states they need more capital than possible through donations, as major companies are now investing hundreds of billions in AI development, making conventional equity terms necessary - The plan will convert the non-profit's current interest in the for-profit into PBC shares at fair value, which they say will multiply their donors' resources - The PBC will manage OpenAI's operations while the non-profit will pursue charitable work in healthcare, education, and science with what they describe as "one of the best resourced non-profits in history" https://lnkd.in/dRMru2XV

❤️❤️ A good news update ❤️❤️ Remember our gingerbread houses….??!! There is something I’m really good at 💡 IDEAS 💡 This was my idea, stood looking at them All on the table and pondering what to do with them all, it just popped out of my mouth Mat Burke made it happen I have been asked many times in varying situations including interviews ‘what are you really good at?’ I’m really good at ideas But it always feels like that’s a really lame answer, even though it’s the truth I have ADHD (diagnosed at 43) My brain works at 100 miles an hour It is full of ideas Over the years I have become more confident to share them, at the risk of sometimes not being taken seriously There isn’t always room for creativity on a team. There is room for people who follow processes, who can write plans and put things neatly in boxes, but not always people who take the lid off the box and let a whole load of crazy escape I am that girl The lid will come off In less than 5 minutes this went from an idea to a plan - that’s what I do There was some effort and logistical challenge moving them carefully to their destination, and there was Ofcourse the willingness of the team at the hospice to take delivery of a gingerbread world But our delivery team in store rose to the challenge and packed them carefully, and the hospice embraced the random phone call from me connecting them with the store via a contact I had made only a few weeks earlier (Caroline Peach)when I served their head of retail on my till; as any good fundraiser can do in less than 5 minutes I got a background story and connected on Linked in, the rest is history ☺️ Share the idea Take the lid off the box Ask the questions Embrace your curiosity You NEVER know where it will take you Or when it will help to transport a gingerbread village ❤️ #fundraising #networks #connection #engagement #curiosity #logistics #community #tesco #communication #redundancy #neurodiversity #adhd #neurodiversityatwork

💡#GIVINGTuesday Did you know 78% of the workforce doesn't take advantage of their companies donation match?! If you’re looking to get involved join me today in GIVING Tuesday to support the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - check it out below

I have to share this post for two reasons. One is that I am a proud trustee for Humanimal Trust and really believe in One Medicine for humans and animals (watch the video - Noel explains it better). The second is that I know how many will appreciate how ridiculously cute Noel’s cat, Richochet, is! #onemedicine #humanimaltrust