Christina McKelvie will do sponsored charity Firewalk Challenge

Christina McKelvie MSP will walk on hot coals next week to benefit people with motor neurone disease. The SNP MSP for Central Scotland will undertake MND Scotland’s Firewalk Challenge at Falkirk Stadium on Friday 12 March 2010.

The MND Scotland charity provides care and information for people affected by MND, and funding for research to find a cure for motor neurone disease.

Christina, whose father was an MND sufferer, is a longstanding supporter of the charity. She and other volunteers will take part in a motivational training session before walking along a 20 foot path of coals burning at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit – without experiencing any pain or injury!

Christina said:

“There are a lot of people out there who’d pay good money to see a politician get barbecued. Now’s their chance!

“Blistered feet are nothing compared to what motor neurone disease sufferers go through though, and this is an exciting, if scary, way to raise money for a cause that is very close to my heart.”

Notes

Motor neurone disease is a fatal illness with no cure. It can cause paralysis, loss of speech and impairs the ability to eat or drink.

Further details of the Firewalk Challenge are available from www.mndscotland.org.uk or by contacting Bryan Carroll, Communications Officer on 0141 945 1077, bryan.carroll@mndscotland.org.uk

You can sponsor Christina at http://www.justgiving.com/Christina-McKelvie-MSP.