Team Guy is back for the 2024 Walk to Defeat ALS in honor of Dan Guy, who lost his battle to ALS in 1997. Will you join and support our team?
About ALS
- 100% fatal
- Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease
- ALS is a neurodegenerative disease in which a person's brain loses connect with the muscles
- ALS robs the body's ability to walk, talk, eat and breathe
- ALS kills motor neurons, causing muscles to weaken/paralyze
BIG WIN in 2022! (Sept. 29, 2022)
- The FDA approved AMX0035, a new treatment that has been shown to slow the progression of ALS and extend life. Also, it was effective at reducing hospitalizations (by 44%) and tracheostomy (by 49%).
Your donations helped invest in this promising treatment - thank you!
Why Your Donation Matters!
- $2 billion is the estimated cost to develop a drug to slow/stop the progression of ALS
- $250,000 is the estimated out-of-pocket cost for caring for someone with ALS
About the ALS Association
- The only ALS non-profit that supports: Care Services, Research and Advocacy
- The highest non-profit funder of ALS research in the world outside of the U.S. government
- A 4 Guide Star non-profit organization
How will your gift help people with ALS?
RESEARCH. The ALS Association funds over 150 labs across the world--the most comprehensive ALS research program ever organized.
ADVOCACY. Going to Capitol Hill to enact life-changing policies nationwide.
CARE SERVICES. To help people with ALS and their families.
How Your Donations Have Helped Already
- $3M supported the Healey Platform Trial to speed up drug development by reducing the cost of research by 30% & decreasing trial time by 50%
- ALS Association funded the 1st development of genetic testing and counseling guidelines for ALS
- ALS Association is partnering with CDC on a workshop to problem solve & translate research about ALS causes into preventative approaches/treatments to reduce risk of ALS
- Advocated for increased funding for ALS research to $105M in 2019 (up from $83M in 2018)
- 2,295 veterans received assistance through the ALS Association (nationwide)
Walk Day - Saturday, June 22
@ Forest Park