Get Ready for AGSF Awareness Month!

We're gearing up for our 2nd Annual A Giving Spirit Awareness Month to be held in May, 2013!  Last year was a success and local businesses showed their support throughout the month by hosting events and donating proceeds from sales.

AGSF Awareness month is planned for the month of May to coincide with ALS Awareness month, Mother’s Day and Laura Somerville Woodall's  birthday.  

A Giving Spirit Foundation (AGSF) provides financial assistance to deserving mothers in the Davidson and greater Charlotte, NC area who are suffering from a debilitating disease or other unforeseen health challenge.  AGSF also supports research organizations searching for a cure for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), like Project ALS and The ALS Association.  AGSF is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

AGSF was founded in 2008, soon after Laura Woodall was diagnosed with ALS. Laura quickly realized that one of the most challenging parts of living with disease is the toll it can take on the family, mainly due to the new financial pressures that come with ongoing  health issues. That realization prompted her to take action and ask friends to form A Giving Spirit Foundation.

Local businesses that will be holding events this year are Carrburitos, The Village Store, Davidson Farmers Market, Raeford's Barber Shop, Ben & Jerry's and Flat Iron Grill.   We're in discussions with more businesses and anticipate a full month!  The May events calendar will be published as soon as details are finalized.

To stay up to date on the May events, please  like the AGSF Facebook page.

If you would like to know more about AGSF, be a volunteer or request a grant application, please contact agsf@agivingspirit.org.

May is ALS Awareness Month

If you ask someone if they know anything about ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), most will ask if that's the disease Lou Gehrig had.  The answer is Yes, but there's much more to know about this disease:

• Approximately every 90 minutes, ALS  claims the life of one American.
• 5600 people in the US are diagnosed with ALS each year.
• ALS affects 2 per 10,000 people.
• As many as 30,000 Americans may have the disease at any given time.
• ALS occurs throughout the world, with no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries.

To learn more about how ALS affects people just like you, read "ALS - Anyone's Life Story" on www.als-mda.org. 


There are many wonderful organizations fighting for a cure, a few are listed below.  Please, help raise funds and awareness in May or any other month of the year.

• A Giving Spirit Foundation
• ALS division of MDA
• Project ALS
• ALS Association

May is ALS Awareness Month

If you ask someone if they know anything about ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), most will ask if that's the disease Lou Gehrig had.  The answer is Yes, but there's much more to know about this disease:

• Approximately every 90 minutes, ALS  claims the life of one American.
• 5600 people in the US are diagnosed with ALS each year.
• ALS affects 2 per 10,000 people.
• As many as 30,000 Americans may have the disease at any given time.
• ALS occurs throughout the world, with no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries.

To learn more about how ALS affects people just like you, read "ALS - Anyone's Life Story" on www.als-mda.org. 


There are many wonderful organizations fighting for a cure, a few are listed below.  Please, help raise funds and awareness in May or any other month of the year.

• A Giving Spirit Foundation
• ALS division of MDA
• Project ALS
• ALS Association