Amie Heck
Welcome to Amie's Page
Event: | Jacksonville Walk |
Date: | Saturday, April 6, 2024 |
Team: | Team Heck |
Thank you for helping me reach my Walk to Defeat ALS(R) fundraising goal! This is an exciting opportunity for us to work together to support those affected by Lou Gehrig's Disease and to spread awareness of the urgency to find treatments and a cure.
Please consider walking with me or sponsoring me. With your help we will be able to make a difference in the lives of people affected by this disease. I encourage you get your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers involved!
I want to thank all of my amazing friends and family memebers who have been supporting me from the beginning and continue to support me today. With a special personal thank you to Jana & Cathy for your unwaivering and continued support even though the losses in their own families during the time they have been supporting me and the ALS Association Florida Chapter!
Why do I Walk??
On February 6, 2013 my mother Nena was diagnosed with ALS. I cannot even begin to explain how this affected our family but the personal support I have received from friends and family continues to be amazing. My mother lived with me for 12 years before her diagnosis and was my rock as I was hers with all our family has endured.
Regretably, she lost her battle with ALS on January 13, 2014 which would have been my parent's 41st wedding anniversary. I am convinced she picked her day and decided she wanted to be with the love of her life my father Frank, who we lost to cancer on January 22, 1992.
I can not think of a better way to honor my mother than to take this opportunity to help raise money to find a cure for this non discriminating and incurable disease. I continue to miss her every day and never forget her humor and unwaivering love for her family.
Why We Need Your Help
Often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk speak swallow and breathe. The life expectancy of an ALS patient averages 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis.
Every 90 minutes a person in this country is diagnosed with ALS and every 90 minutes another person will lose their battle against this disease. ALS occurs throughout the world with no racial ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries.
This crippling disease can strike anyone. Presently there is no known cause of the disease though support is bringing researchers closer to an answer. In the mean time it costs an average of $200,000 a year to provide the care ALS patients need. Help make a difference and donate or join a walk today.
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Please consider walking with me or sponsoring me. With your help we will be able to make a difference in the lives of people affected by this disease. I encourage you get your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers involved!
I want to thank all of my amazing friends and family memebers who have been supporting me from the beginning and continue to support me today. With a special personal thank you to Jana & Cathy for your unwaivering and continued support even though the losses in their own families during the time they have been supporting me and the ALS Association Florida Chapter!
Why do I Walk??
On February 6, 2013 my mother Nena was diagnosed with ALS. I cannot even begin to explain how this affected our family but the personal support I have received from friends and family continues to be amazing. My mother lived with me for 12 years before her diagnosis and was my rock as I was hers with all our family has endured.
Regretably, she lost her battle with ALS on January 13, 2014 which would have been my parent's 41st wedding anniversary. I am convinced she picked her day and decided she wanted to be with the love of her life my father Frank, who we lost to cancer on January 22, 1992.
I can not think of a better way to honor my mother than to take this opportunity to help raise money to find a cure for this non discriminating and incurable disease. I continue to miss her every day and never forget her humor and unwaivering love for her family.
Why We Need Your Help
Often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk speak swallow and breathe. The life expectancy of an ALS patient averages 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis.
Every 90 minutes a person in this country is diagnosed with ALS and every 90 minutes another person will lose their battle against this disease. ALS occurs throughout the world with no racial ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries.
This crippling disease can strike anyone. Presently there is no known cause of the disease though support is bringing researchers closer to an answer. In the mean time it costs an average of $200,000 a year to provide the care ALS patients need. Help make a difference and donate or join a walk today.
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Amie's donors
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Jackie Beers
$26.00
Kat Thompson
$20.91
Keith Jasmin
$25.00
Ms. Amie R Heck
$100.00
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