Big Thank You!

Photo of Jan with dad Duncan taken at her
brother's wedding in 2006 (prior to Jan relapsing)

We wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Duncan Laverick who has kindly donated money given to him at his recent well deserved retirement from SABIC (formerly ICI) at Wilton, Teesside. That's both the gift from colleagues and friends along with the company gift he received - a total of £370 plus gift aid of £92.50 giving a grand total of £462.50 towards Let's do it for ME / Invest in ME and the biomedical research centre at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Duncan served ICI / SABIC all of his working life in Research and Development in the Wilton Centre and latterly on Olefines 6 on the Wilton site.
We wish him a long, happy and healthy retirement and again thank him for his generous donation towards this much needed research.

Now some of you will have spotted the same surname as our own Super Jan! Yes it's her Dad (I won't write what she said about him!).

Jan has kindly let me (Paul Kayes) write this short thank you as she is in relapse at present and not well enough to do it herself. Maybe because I too worked at ICI Wilton for 27 years of my working life.

Jan Laverick and Jo Best are the two main instigators of the Let's do it for ME Campaign and work (I was going to say tirelessly) for the cause...however as many will know, campaigning is not without its payback for people with M.E. in terms of health. Despite their limitations, they do a fantastic job on behalf of all of us sufferers.

Jan's Birthday Wish

Jan Laverick is a co-founder of Let's do it for ME! (round of applause and cries of for she's a jolly fellow!)

Jan contracted myalgic encephalomyelitis aged 17 and has now reached the grand old age of 29!

All Jan wants for her birthday is donations to help establish a centre for biomedical ME research and treatment in the UK.

All donations go directly to the charity Invest in ME via Jan's fundraising page on Everyclick and will count towards the total raised by Let's do it for ME! for the centre.

She says:

“All who know me know how ill this disease has made me, and some of you are also aware of the abuse I've received from doctors and of the general ignorance and neglect surrounding ME.
Seems I am turning 29 I have set the target amount as £290.

Big thanks!”

The closing date for Jan's birthday wish fund-raising page is tomorrow 5^th September so please show Jan your appreciation for all she does for fellow ME sufferers by helping to make Jan's birthday wish come true.

Click here to help make Jan show her happy face - it's worth a click just to see the photos!

P.S. When you make a donation, don't forget to check the Gift Aid box if you're a UK taxpayer as then your charity can claim an extra 25% from the government!