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Please support the 2016 Walk to Defeat ALS
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, people with ALS lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movement, which often leads to total paralysis and death within two to five years of diagnosis. For unknown reasons, veterans are twice as likely to develop ALS as the general population. There is no cure, and only one drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) modestly extends survival.
Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS, and every 90 minutes someone loses their battle to this fatal disease
The average life span after diagnosis is 2-5 years
Military veterans are twice as likely as the general population to die from ALS
Living with ALS can cost more than $200,000 per year
2016 marks the 30th anniversary of my beautiful nana Alice Centazzo's passing from ALS. In memory of her I have created the team Alice's Angels to walk in her honor and raise money to help fund research efforts in hopes of one day finding a cure.
