Less than 10 weeks to go....

Cooper's crew we have less than 10 weeks until we compete in Run Melbourne. we have chosen the Duchenne Foundation as our chosen charity.  Their support and encouragement I must say has been exceptional and so overwhelming...in a good way!
Deb Robins and Pam Bianchi have been on the phone offering support and resources along the way.  Matthew and I are extremely grateful..

T-shirts have been designed and are now selling to support Cooper's Crew...

With less than 10 weeks to go I can announce I have started training....which I might add is not easy to do with 3 little munchkins.  But with my pram and some good friends we make it around a local Birdsland walk in one piece and believe it or not still standing.  I don't know how some members of Cooper's Crew have actually decided to compete in the 10 km and half Marathon!!!!

Cooper is loving seeing the tally of 'His' crew increase daily.  He believes he has raised the whole $8745 to date.  I suppose in a way he is responsible for the fundraising.  But when Mitchell proudly announces he has raised $500, Cooper replies "Yeah but I've made $8000...what's that number Mum?"

Gotta love kids hey!

Going viral....

Well at least that was my target!  Aim for 250 000 YouTube views and get some world wide recognition for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Cooper's Story - DMD
Well its currently at 645 views after 4 days of being posted.  It wasn't until I sat down and thought about it that I realised that 600 views is huge!  That's 600 people that may or may not know about Duchenne.  If at least one of the 600 had never heard about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy than I have helped the DMD community become that little more stronger.

The book I have contributed our story to, "Saving Our Sons and Daughters II" has finally arrived in Australia.  Yippee!!  Apologies to all those that had purchased back in Feb.  That was one long wait! I hope it was worth it.  And to everyone that has purchased I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  The commission I've received is going directly to Cooper's care.

You are still able to purchase the book at ... http://www.mistyvanderweele.com/sosd2orderpage/?ap_id=Anderton 
be aware that the book is coming from the US and can take a couple of weeks for delivery.