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Desi Giannopoulos

2026 Melbourne MS Walk Run + Roll

NO ONE SHOULD FACE MS ALONE!

Can you imagine waking up one day unable to do the everyday things you would usually take for granted? Like not being able to see properly (or at all), unable to get out of bed, walk to the phone to call someone – anyone – or live a life without pain?

All of a sudden, your world has changed.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and often debilitating disease which attacks the central nervous system (the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves). It is the most common neurological disease in young adults and often attacks people at a time in their lives when they are planning families and building a career. Three out of four people living with MS are women.

With your support, we can allow people living with multiple sclerosis access to vital support services, like MS Connect, MS Peer Support and MS Employment Support Programs. We’ll also be helping bring new treatments closer to reality, investing in repairing myelin damage to restore function that has been lost for people with progressive forms of the disease.

On behalf of over 37,756 Aussies living with multiple sclerosis – THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

PLEASE HELP ME
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$223

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$260

My team MSLAY has raised $11,734

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Why I Run: A Parent’s Fight Against MS

Sunday 15th Mar
This morning I was out training again, and it was a tough one.

It started with a heavy mind, then a heavy heart… which quickly turned into heavy legs. But I pushed through and finished my 5.5km run.

The whole time, all I could think about was Dayna.

As a parent, you wish you could take this away from them. You wish you could carry it for them. You wish you could give them the normal life they deserve.

Yesterday I watched her struggle just to stay awake. The fatigue is real. MS is a cruel and deceptive disease that quietly affects the people you love while you feel powerless to stop it.

While I’m out here training to raise money for vital research and outreach programs, my Dayna slept for 11 hours… woke for 3… slept another 7… woke for an hour… then slept again for another 11.

Watching that was heartbreaking.

If this message reaches you, please consider helping. 

Click the link below to register and join our walk to fight MS. If you can’t make it, please consider making a donation. Every bit helps.

https://www.mswalk.org.au/fundraisers/desigiannopoulos/half-marathon-melbourne

#ms #mswalkrunroll #msplus #mslay #strongertogether

A BIG THANK YOU TO MY SUPPORTERS

$56.24

Liz Pataridis

$166.73

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My Team
MSLAY

MSLAY

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$11,734.48
$10000

Dayna Giannopoulos (C)

Raised so far:

$652.60

Desi Giannopoulos

Raised so far:

$222.97

Desi Giannopoulos

Raised so far:

$1,779.84

Jonathan Giannopoulos

Raised so far:

$164.00

Sarah Triantafillou

Raised so far:

$58.45

Evangelos Mandis

Raised so far:

$83.47

Melissa Robinson

Patrick De Santis

Raised so far:

$85.59

Julia Triantafillou

Chris Stratakis

Raised so far:

$58.85

Johnny Tzouvelis

Raised so far:

$87.70

Georgie Tzouvelis

Amma Boakye

Raised so far:

$181.60

Theodora Tsigros

Ole Royston

Nick Papathanasiou

Tess Minuz

Raised so far:

$279.57

Angela Papapoulia

Petar Petkovski

Vicki Babics

Raised so far:

$167.88

Geoff Babics

Raised so far:

$274.30

Jacob Babics

Sienna Babics

Raised so far:

$80.00

Anne Tzouvelis

Raised so far:

$1,005.88

Voula Papathanasiou

Raised so far:

$545.52

Maria Beaini

Raised so far:

$167.28

Christa Kosmatos

Raised so far:

$264.29

jesse babics

Raised so far:

$59.41

Ange Papathanasiou

Mary Yadgaryalda

Raised so far:

$109.68

Amanda Elya

Raised so far:

$438.93

Penny Koullinos

Yvonne Marinis

Emmaly Leggett

Raised so far:

$520.33

Liz Pataridis

Raised so far:

$551.83

Donna Procopiou

Chilli Giannopoulos

Panko Giannopoulos

Rolex Giannopoulos

Maisy Hammond

Raised so far:

$687.98

Koda Hammond

Anthony Kachab

Raised so far:

$266.45

Jim Tzouvelis

Raised so far:

$167.28

Mia De Santis

Raised so far:

$106.12

Theodore Babics

Stanley Babics

Anastasia Kosmatos

Jzanelle Cook

Mark Bartlett

Tobias Peter

Olive Hammond

Sam Hynes

Brooke Hewett

Raised so far:

$87.00

Katya T

Raised so far:

$67.00

Alexandra Lenetis

Mary Piro

Chicho Piro

Mitchell Sinnatamby

Con Keramidas

Raised so far:

$67.28

Chrysoula Lenetis

Dominica Scott

Raised so far:

$95.39

Samuel Jonis

Lauren Beidrzycki

Raised so far:

$59.41