The ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association Louisiana Chapter is currently recruiting teams and walkers for the 2009 Walk to Defeat ALS in Jackson on Saturday, September 12, at Methodist Specialty Care Center in Flowood.
To form a walk team, choose a team captain, co-captains that recruit ten walkers each, then do some grass roots fundraising such as: car wash, bake sale, raffle, etc. Walkers can be any age.
Those interested in learning more about building a Family or Corporate Walk Team are invited to attend the Jackson Walk Kick-Off Event on Thursday, July 30 beginning at 6:30pm at Flowood City Auditorium, 3951 Underwood Drive. The walk is open to the public and all funds raised
will be donated to The ALS Association, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding the cause and cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. To attend the Walk Kick-Off Event please RSVP to Nicole
LeGlue at nicole.leglue@alsalams.org or call 225.343.9880.
If you are unable to attend, but want to learn more about the Walk to Defeat ALST, and how to form a walk team, call toll free: 800.891.3746 or visit www.walktodefeatals.org.
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a devastating and always fatal neuromuscular disease. Unless a cure is found, over 30,000 Americans living today will die from ALS. The financial cost to families of persons with ALS can be up to $200,000 per year, depleting
entire savings of relatives and patients.
In last year’s walk, over 1,000 walkers raised $167,000 for cutting-edge research and vital patient services, with a goal of raising $230,000 this year. The ALS Association is funded solely by donations and all services to patients are offered free of charge. This year’s sponsors include Methodist Rehabilitation Center, MISS 103, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Gulf Coast Rehab, Canizaro Cawthon Davis, Tellus, Horne LLC, St. Dominic Health Services, Baptist Health Systems, Mid State Construction, Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Worth Thomas
Consultants, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, and Zimmer Solutions.
The ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization whose sole mission is to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) as well as improve living with ALS. For more information, call the ALS Association Louisiana Chapter
toll free at 800.891.3746 or visit www.alsalouisiana.org.
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