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SIP Week 2023 has now finished with over $400,000 raised - Thank YOU!

Every $1 you raise will make a difference for people like Ryan

Ryan Boyd was just 19 years old when a motocross accident left him a quadriplegic. Incredibly, both Ryan and his father, John, have both suffered a spinal cord injury - becoming paralysed in motocross accidents.

"When you come into terms with losing so much and you're facing such an uphill battle, it's a good motivating force to know you've got a whole team of people, some you don't know, all trying to help find a cure for your injury". - Ryan Boyd

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Meet georgia

Georgia lived and worked on her family’s cattle station in outback Australia and riding horses was part of her every day life. But right now, that is not her reality.

She suffered a spinal cord injury 18 months ago that’s caused her to lose so much of her daily independence. A cure would mean everything to Georgia.

You don’t have to run a marathon, or even break a sweat. Just drink all of your beverages through a straw and raise funds from the 4th - 10th September 2023 (also known as SIPtember!)

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Every $1 you raise will become $2 and give people like Georgia hope for a cure.

Georgia has no movement from her waist down and doesn’t know if she will ever be able to walk again. She lives her life, mainly confined to a wheelchair which is a far cry from her previous life of mustering cattle every day.

“Every day is a hard day. The loss of independence is major. I don’t know if or when I will be able to walk again. I feel like a burden” - Georgia

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SIP all your drinks through a straw for 7 days from the 4 - 10 September 2023

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Funds raised help fund a world first human clinical trial for people living with paralysis

WHAT IS SIP WEEK?

SIP Week challenges everyone to drink all their beverages through a straw, just like those with a high level spinal cord injury, to help raise funds to find a cure for paralysis.

A damaged or severed spinal cord means the region of the body below the level of injury becomes paralysed. Many people suffering with paralysis are required to drink all beverages out of a straw because they can not feel their arms and hands. This is just one of the many ways life changes for someone with paralysis.

You don’t have to run a marathon, or even break a sweat. Just drink all of your beverages through a straw and raise funds from the 4th - 10th September 2023 (also known as SIPtember!)

About The Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation

Founded by Perry Cross AM, the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation is dedicated to curing paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and supporting better outcomes for those living with paralysis.

With your help, we have made great progress with a world-first treatment that involves the transplantation of the patient’s own olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) from the nose into the spinal cord to reform connections. This experimental treatment has shown promising functional outcomes.

About SPINAL CORD INJURY

A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone at any time. In fact, in Australia, on average one person sustains a spinal cord injury and is paralysed every day.

Paralysis is the loss of voluntary movement and often results in being confined to a wheelchair as well as the loss of function and feeling.

whAT ARE WE FUNDRAISING FOR?

The Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation supports and funds The Spinal Injury Project (SIP), which is based at the Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ) and the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD) at Griffith University.

The Spinal Injury Project is in pursuit of a cure and is working with a laser focus towards the ultimate goal – a Human Clinical Trial.

This ground-breaking, world-first project is reinventing and rethinking how cells can grow leading to the creation of new cell products.

This incredible approach has the potential to result in the first widely available treatment for spinal cord injury, and it is being developed here in Australia.

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Funds raised by SIP Week participants will continue this important research. Together, we work towards a human clinical trial to help find a cure for paralysis.

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Your fundraising will make a difference for people living with spinal cord injury.

In Australia, on average, one person sustains a spinal cord injury and is paralysed every day. The cost to our society to care for people living with a spinal cord injury is approximately $3.7 billion per year.

More than 20,800 Australians are living with a spinal cord injury.

Since 2010, the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation has helped to raise over $19,000,000 for SCI Research.

Your support of SIP Week will help fund a world-first cell transplantation and rehabilitation clinical trial

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