Judy offers lifeline in brain research
Retired book keeper, Judy Radecki, is part of a special 7.5% of Australians who has generously left a bequest to a charity in her will. The 71 year old self confessed “great believer” in brain research, Ms Radecki is part of Neuroscience Research Australia’s (NeuRA) bequest program.
Retired book keeper, Judy Radecki, is part of a special 7.5% of Australians who has generously left a bequest to a charity in her will.
The 71 year old self confessed “great believer” in brain research, Ms Radecki is part of Neuroscience Research Australia’s (NeuRA) bequest program, and donates twice a year to the brain research organisation.
“I think researchers can never have enough money. You wouldn’t believe the admiration I have for these scientists and researchers, I just think they are so wonderful and remarkably clever,” she tells DPS News.
NeuRA is a medical and neuroscience research institute with a focus on the brain and nervous system.
The selfless New South Wales resident also donates to Alzheimer’s Australia and other organisations. Her decision to become part of NeuRA’s bequest program was influenced by her own mother’s fight with dementia.
Leonie Harle, NeuRA’s bequest manager, believes leaving a gift to NeuRA will help researchers find the cures urgently needed by millions of Australians.
“Bequests can transform lives and help protect a whole new generation of families. It doesn’t cost anything now, but it is one of the simplest and most powerful ways to support our work into the future,” Ms Harle says.
Ms Radecki stresses the importance of donating to research.
“They need all the support they can get. More people need to be aware of what researchers are doing.
“They are making in-roads to finding a cure for dementia. It might never happen in my lifetime, but if they’ve got the money to do the research, then anything is possible,” she says.
Learn more about NeuRA’s bequest program.
