On this week's episode we speak to Jeremy Szwarcbord, who is doing the GC50 Run Festival in November with a big goal of raising $50,000 for Parkinson's research, in honour his mother lives with Parkinson’s disease. The link to his event is below!

https://gc50runfestival24.grassrootz.com/shakeitup/hhp50x50

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode, we are joined by Michael Nell, whose grandfather lived with Parkinson's and mother lives with Parkinson's. We speak about his experience with two generations of the disease and his recent fundraising and awareness crusade.

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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Returning guest Rob Ruffle shares with us his upcoming fundraising event for Shake It Up and how you can be involved, especially if you are a lawn bowler! More details and donation link below.

https://our-fundraisers.raisely.com/bowlparkinsonsover

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode we speak to Carol Ferrone, who is a new ambassador for Shake It Up, and star of ABC TV’s Back in Time series where her family goes on a ‘time-traveling journey’ through 170 years of Australian history. We speak to Carol about her brother-in-law who lives with Parkinson’s, and why she is passionate about research and raising awareness for Parkinson's across her platforms.

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode, we are joined by Jessica Dove London - the founder of a health tech startup and app called Turnto, - which aims to simplify access to health information and breakthroughs for everyone living with chronic illnesses. The app launched last year for people in the Cerebral Palsy community, and is now launching for the Parkinson’s community (there is a waitlist here: https://waitlist.turnto.ai/parkinsons) and aims to provide people with PD with daily drops of curated content about research, breakthroughs, treatments, etc. It also acts as a virtual community and allows people to share their insights and experiences.

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode we speak to Emma Montafia, the current top fundraiser for Shake It Up in the September Sydney Marathon. Emma shares her story of her mum's Parkinson's diagnosis at age 50 and their El Camino fundraising trek they did in 2018, raising $20,000.

To contribute to Emma's marathon fundraiser, click this link: https://sm24.grassrootz.com/shakeitup/emma-montafia/

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode, we have returning guest Sean Atkinson back to tell us all about his trek to Mt Everest, and upcoming fundraising luncheon! For more information on the event and to buy tickets, go to https://www.intix.com/event/parkinsons-fundraising-gala-luncheon

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this week's episode we are joined by Liz Cantor, who is a TV presenter and Shake It UP Australia Foundation ambassador with both her grandmother and grandfather having lived with Parkinson’s, and her uncle now living with PD.

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On today's episode we speak to Amanda Canzurlo, also known as Bloom, who is a singer/songwriter and Shake It Up ambassador with a very unique connection to Parkinson’s. She sings the songs of Linda Ronstadt, who lives with Parkinson’s, and wanted to do something in support of the PD community who she has developed a connection to through chatting to people at her shows as she tours. While Amanda doesn’t have a personal family connection to PD, she has raised over $31000 for Parkinson’s research and has created a place for people living with Parkinson's to come and connect and support Shake it up in a different way!

You can find out about tour details at https://bloomofficial.com.au and donate via https://our-fundraisers.raisely.com/bloom

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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On this episode we speak to brother of the podcast Daniel about learning of his dad's diagnosis, some lesser known Parkinson's symptoms and the best ways to support someone with Parkinson's.

Thanks for listening to today’s episode! Shake It Up Australia funds ground-breaking research that aims to slow, stop and cure Parkinson’s disease. And they need your help! To support Shake It Up’s vision of a world without Parkinson’s, head to shakeitup.org.au/podcast to get involved. Together, we can find a cure.

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