Singer Jennifer Gray hitting the right note for Parkinson's Disease

Greg Ellis
Updated August 30 2016 - 6:37pm, first published 6:36pm
Fundraiser: Simone Mintram, Jo Szczepanowski, Jennifer Gray & Nina Cheyne at the Unity Walk & Run for Parkinson's NSW. Picture: Greg Ellis.
Fundraiser: Simone Mintram, Jo Szczepanowski, Jennifer Gray & Nina Cheyne at the Unity Walk & Run for Parkinson's NSW. Picture: Greg Ellis.

For the last three years Wollongong singer Jennifer Gray has organised an annual Unity Walk & Run for Parkinson’s NSW. But Sunday proved the biggest to date. After starting with 30 people the first year Mrs Gray had 140 people register for the 2016 event but was surprised when many more turned up on the day. Mrs Gray was aware of the annual walk at Homebush but decided to do one in Wollongong after her father Alan Doughton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and she realised how little it was known or spoken about it. Shoalhaven Parkinson’s clinical nurse consultant Nina Cheyne came up from Nowra last year and was amazed and delighted by how much the Unity Walk & Run in Wollongong has grown in 12 months. Ms Cheyne, Simone Mintram and Jo Szczepanowski were among a group of 20 from Shoalhaven Shakers Nowra Parkinson’s Support Group who traveled by bus.

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Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis

Business Editor

Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.

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