Upcoming "Walk to Defeat" ALS Events

Spring is here and everyone is looking for reasons to be outside.  What's a better reason than participating in a "Walk to Defeat ALS" in your area?

• The Walk to Defeat ALS^TM is the national signature event of The ALS Association.
• Approximately 150 Walk events are held across the country each year.
• Over $80 million has been raised through the Walk program since its inception in 2000.
• Each year over 120,000 families, businesses and volunteers participate in Walk events.
• Walk events fund vital patient services programs and cutting-edge ALS research.
• There is no registration fee to participate in a Walk

We've missed some walks this Spring but it's not too late to join up for those in the Winston-Salem, Wilminton and Charlotte, NC areas:

April 17, 2010:

Click here for details about the Winston-Salem, NC event.

Click here for details about the Wilmington, NC event.

April 24, 2010:

Click here for details about the Charlotte, NC event.

Dick Sanderson Driving 4 Life Golf Tournament - 4.22.10

Golf anyone?  Now's your chance to enjoy a beautiful day playing River Run in Davidson, NC and raise money toward a cure.  One of the finest courses in North Carolina, River Run was designed by former Master's and PGA Champion, Raymond Floyd.

The 6th Annual Dick Sanderson Driving 4 Life Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2010.

Dick Sanderson was diagnosed with ALS in 2004 and since then, through events like these, almost $500,00 has been raised to support the promising research done at the ALS Therapy Development Institute and to lessen the burden of the ongoing expenses the Sanderson family experiences as a result of the disease.

Driving 4 Life is a multi-million dollar campaign supported by World Golf Hall of Fame Golf Member Tom Watson. Watson's long-time caddie, Bruce Edwards, was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. Edwards succumbed to the disease in 2004. The mission of Driving 4 Life is to find a cure for ALS by funding progressive research. Proceeds from the Dick Sanderson Driving 4 Life sponsorship and participation will benefit the ALS Therapy Development Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For more information on participating or sponsoring, please visit www.dicksandersondriving4life.org/