Here is what my friend Beth wrote....
As you may know, I lost a loved one to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease for the New York Yankees icon, attacks a person’s muscles – gradually robbing their ability to walk, speak, eat and breathe; yet usually keeping their mind intact. Nerve degeneration leads to muscle weakness and impaired speaking, swallowing and breathing; eventually causing complete paralysis and death. While some symptoms are treatable, there is currently NO CURE.
I am walking in the 10th Annual Les Turner ALS Walk4Life on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Montrose Harbor along the lakefront in Chicago. Our two mile walk raises critically needed dollars for the Les Turner ALS Foundation patient services, research and public awareness for ALS. I’m writing to ask for your support.
In spite of the cruelty of this disease, we were lucky. The Les Turner ALS Foundation has the programs and resources we needed—from diagnosis and second opinions to treatment, resources and research.
I feel that we could not have gotten through this difficult experience without the Foundation’s support.
I am asking you to help in one of two ways. Sponsor me as I walk or walk with me as a member of my team and help spread the word and ask your friends and family to donate to this important cause.
Thank you for helping me make a difference!
***Her and her family's goal is to raise $1,500.00. If all of my sweet followers donated a dollar we could help them meet their goal! How cool is that?! Please go HERE to donate as much as you would like to help. ***
Thank you soooooo much for considering helping my dear friend and her family. Unfortunately, her and I both lost our Daddy's within about a year. She was a tremendous support system for me when I went back to Illinois to bury my Daddy in May.
I love you Beth.
