Walk for ALS

Posted by Dicksie Tamanaha 
on Apr 17, 2016
 

Penny -- Point Person for ALS Walk on Saturday, April 30

 
Greetings Rotarians and friends of Rotarians,
 
On Saturday, April 30th, the ALS Association is having their annual Walk to Defeat ALS at Howarth Park.  Walk up check-in begins at 9:30am, and the 1.5 mile walk starts at 11am.
 
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.  Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and then to the muscles throughout the body.  The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to the death of the neurons, and when they die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost.  With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later sates of the disease may become totally paralyzed. 
 
It is estimated that as many as 30,000 American have the disease at any given time.  About 15 new cases are reported every day.  The ALS Association is committed to finding effective treatments and a cure.  Global research efforts have produced new discoveries and treatments, and has shed light on the complex genetic and environmental factors involved in ALS.
 
Please join us in supporting Rolf Wessman and others like him with this terrible disease.  The Association brings hope to people living with ALS, and raises money for research to find a cure.  Be a part of the effort.
 
 
Click on Get Started/Join a Team.
The team name is Wessman.
 
Rolf appreciates all the support you have already given, and he hopes to see many of you on the 30th.
 
See you at the Walk!
 
Penny
 
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