Dr Bec Sheean is the Director, Cure Research and Programs at Fight MND

Bec has been with Fight MND for 8 years

Bec discusses her career, he beloved dog Ruth and the amazing impact Fight MND has on the life of people with MND.

Bec is an especially gorgeous human.

David Neitz or Neita, was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.

Which basically means in Melbourne he is a hero.

However, David is a co-founder of Brewmanity which is more than just a brewery; it’s a Melbourne beer brand committed to doing good. Since its inception in 2015, Brewmanity has been dedicated to raising funds for Fight MND (Motor Neurone Disease) in support of David’s friend Neale Daniher, with contributions to date nearing $970,000.

Excitingly for David Brewmanity, has just opened Melbourne’s first rooftop brewery bar in South Melbourne. Brewmanity is more than just a brewery; it’s a Melbourne beer brand committed to doing good.

David is such a champion of Fight MND, raising funds and awareness about MND.

If you want to come to Brewmanity's fundraiser on 31st May here is the link to buy tickets. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/big-freeze-brewmanity-brewery-tickets-896772720347?aff=oddtdtcreator

Emeritus Professor Surindar Cheema PhD

Honours and PhD degrees. Since 1978, Professor Cheema has held research and teaching appointments at Monash University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA, The University of Melbourne, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and The Howard

Florey Institute. He spent approximately 10 years engaged in MND research as well as a volunteer with MND Victoria.

He played a major role in bringing into Australia the mouse and rat models of MND i.e. transgenic G93A SOD1.

Also, he initiated the setting up of the human MND tissue bank. He served on the MNDAV council for several years. He was emeritus Professor at Monash Universitybefore full retirement.

Watch his YouTube here

https://www.youtube.com/@biglapformnd-ci9jt?si=VspjwfvCgrcJczHg

You can donate here

https://www.mnd.org.au/my-fundraising/2180/big-lap-4-mnd

Bec Daniher was living her best life.

Bec represented Victoria in both junior and senior level rowing, winning two Queen’s Cups during her time. She had the honour of being selected to represent Australia culminating in the World Championships in 2013 in South Korea.

Bec studied business and pursued a career in accountancy, working in the field of finance as an accountant for several years.

Then, in 2013 the Daniher family lives were turned upside down when her father Neale was diagnosed with MND.

Bec’s dad is Neale Daniher AO a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club. He was later the coach of the Melbourne Football Club, and held coaching positions with Essendon, Fremantle and West Coast.

However, the Danihers are not a family to sit around and do nothing.

Bec is here to discuss Fight MND and particularly The Big Freeze, of which she is the Campaign Director, and along with Neale the face of Fight MND.

http://fightmnd.org.au

Sophia Levin has been a freelance food and travel journalist for more than a decade. You will have read her in Lonely Planet, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food, SBS Food, Domain Review, National Geographic, The Guardian, delicious, in-flight magazines, Broadsheet, Time Out and more. She has co-authored travel guidebooks and reviewed for Australia’s best food guides.

Her website “Seasoned Traveller” teaches us how to eat outside of our comfort zones.

Sophia is a well-known face and voice on tv and radio

Her big news this year is Sophia is a judge in MasterChef.

But Sophia isn’t here because of all I’ve discussed. Sophia’s dad Greg has MND

Carla France lost her husband Neale to MND after a battle they all fought.

She wants to share thier story.

This one may be a little hard to listen to.

Within one month Woz and his daughter Belinda, and thier supporters made the arrangements and drove 800kms from country Victoria to Canberra to meet the PM.

In this epidode they give us an update.

You can also watch on the "Let's Talk MND" You Tube chanel

Hayley and Cameron McNeill are brother ans sister, they lost thier dad to MND recently. Earlier they lost thier aunt.

They are both from Warnabool. Hayley is lving in Ballarat where she is studying biomedical science and goal is to become a bio technician to aid in MND research.

Her brother Cameron is a town planner married with 2 little children and still lives in Warnabool.

They speak with such love of thier father and obvoius anxiety for thier family