Tag: P4P
At Shake It Up we have many incredible supporters who fundraise for us year on year. One of these supporters, Lisa, has now held five fundraising even...
Shake It Up supporter Kylie Christian recently held a huge local community fundraising event with a unique twist – ‘mop chops’ for h...
When Robyn was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017 on her 62nd birthday, she began seeking support and educating herself about the diseas...
When Hannah’s mum was diagnosed with Parkinson’s earlier this year, she decided, along with her family, to educate herself and the people ...
This week’s Shake It Up hero is our supporter Tanya, who took on a huge challenge along with her husband Peter, to walk a section of the Portugu...
Gary is a regular feature in our Shake It Up Hero stories – and for good reason. Gary has been visiting Mt Everest year on year, including as a ...
Did you know that you can support Shake It Up by taking part in an athletic event? Comedian, runner and digital producer Shivé Prema did just that w...
For people looking to make a difference for Parkinson’s, there are so many ways to get involved to raise funds and awareness. One way many of ou...
This year’s Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign included so many fantastic community fundraisers, and we loved seeing familiar faces fundraise ag...
A big thank you to everyone who pledged and participated in our Pause 4 Parkinson’s 2023 campaign this year. With the help of 71 fundraisers, ...
When Hans vanHamond was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, it was a confirmation of the battle he had been waging for almost two years. Prior to hi...
Annelise Kumri is a content creator, motherhood and lifestyle influencer, and makeup artist. After joining the Shake It Up team as an ambassador in ...
For this year’s Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign, we were thrilled to have the support of so many fundraisers hosting events and coming up wit...
Every year, we have so many creative community fundraisers for Pause 4 Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Awareness Month. We love seeing the dif...
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day.
It’s a chance to spread the word and raise funds to stop the fastest growing neurological disease on th...
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs when brain cells that make dopamine, a chemical that coordinates movemen...
A big thank you to everyone who PARTICIPATED and PLEDGED in our 2022 Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign for Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April...
Our fundraising hero this week is Trish, who set herself the challenge to walk 90km, the same distance as Canberra to Goulburn, during Parkinson’...
Shake It Up supporter and Parkinson’s advocate Sheenagh Bottrell was so kind to sit down with us recently to share her Parkinson’s story. ...
This year, Shake It Up crowned our first ever Pet Ambassador, Lola, as part of Paws 4 Parkinson’s. The Pet Ambassador idea was created in collab...
Pause 4 Parkinson’s 2021 was a huge year, with a big show of support from our community fundraiser and corporate partners. Together, we raised over ...
This April will mark the 10th anniversary of the Shake It Up Australia Foundation. The past decade has seen significant strides taken towards a cure ...
2 months ago, we featured Annie who was planning to walk 20km for her Dad who has Parkinson’s. Together with her friends and family, Annie compl...
Pause 4 Parkinson’s 2021 is just a couple of weeks away! How quickly this year has flown by. April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day, and throughout...
Due to the unfolding COVID-19 situation, Pause 4 Parkinson’s last year was quite challenging. For 2021, we are hoping to be back better than eve...
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day, and throughout the month of April fundraising and awareness raising events will be taking place all over the worl...
When 2020 started, not many of us could have predicted what was headed our way. The COVID-19 crisis has significantly changed our lives and altered th...
While 2020 was not our normal Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign, we have been overwhelmed by the response from our supporters. And although many of us co...
Today, we are featuring our hero Kate, who is running a huge 2020 kilometres throughout 2020 to raise funds for Shake It Up. Her idea has turned out t...
Yesterday, we featured Mick and his fantastic idea to auction his beard for donations to Shake It Up. Today we have another innovative fundraising ide...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the decision to cancel our Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign this year and will be back bigger and better in 2...
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day, and throughout the month of April events are taking place all over the world to raise more awareness and vital fu...
Pause 4 Parkinson’s this year had lots of very creative ideas come through for fundraising events! One great idea came from Fiona, who has previousl...
The Moltoni family are a powerhouse unit all fundraising together this year to support their brother who has been diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson...
Kim is a woman on a mission! Kim aimed high this year for Pause 4 Parkinson’s, targeting local and national media through a photo opportunity with h...
Pause 4 Parkinson’s is a great opportunity to bring together friends, family and your local community. What starts out as a small gathering can ofte...
Shake It Up welcomed Impel NeuroPharma as a Silver Sponsor of this year’s Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign. Impel has active development programs de...
For Pause 4 Parkinson’s this year, Debbie Clark and her husband decided to host a curry night with over 120 attendees. The night was a huge success ...
Liz has been our ambassador since we launched in 2011 and has been a strong supporter of the foundation in raising awareness for Parkinson’s.
We hav...
With the Shake it Up Foundation’s annual Pause 4 Parkinson’s campaign drawing near, Australia’s largest tree management company, Active Tree Se...
We are excited to have Insurance Advisernet (IA) continue their corporate support for Shake It Up again this year.
The Insurance Advisernet Foundation...
Our Shake It Up hero this week Lisa Sanzogni -Barron. Lisa’s Dad resides in the USA and lives with Parkinson’s. With Lisa living in Australia,...
Our hero this week is Cheryl who hosted an afternoon tea for Pause 4 Parkinson’s. Cheryl’s husband Arnie sadly passed away last year but hasn’...
The team at Shake It Up got right into the spirit of Pause 4 Parkinson’s, with Founder Clyde and his wife Carolyn hosting Foundation Ambassad...
Georgie hosts “Cupcakes for the Shakes” to support her Dad who lives with Parkinson’s. Since learning of her Dad’s diagnosis and more about t...
Our Shake It Up hero this week is Michelle who was inspired to get involved in Pause 4 Parkinson’s this April to support her Dad who was diagnosed w...
Our heroes this week are the Brady family who despite the challenges got involved in Pause 4 Parkinson’s and raised over $650 for research.
Greg ...
Our hero this week is Liz McMillan who hosted a fundraiser “Pimms and a Punch for Parkinson’s”. Liz was amazed at the generosity of people a...