I missed the chance to meet Jeff Jonach, the man who raised the most important person in my life. Each year, Jaime does the 5 Boro with Team ALS to honor her father. This year, I'll be saddling up next to her.

ALS took away the chance for Jeff to be at our wedding (and soo many milestones for Jaime that would have made him so proud). The funds raised will support those affected by ALS (directly and indirectly).  If you make a donation it will fund resources and services to the local ALS community, help find new treatments, and move us closer to a world without the disease.

Here are additional details from Team ALS: 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive disease of the nervous system that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. 

• Every ninety minutes, someone is diagnosed with the disease, and someone passes away from it.
• 90% of ALS cases occur without any known family history or genetic cause. The remaining 10% of ALS cases are inherited through a mutated gene with a known connection to the disease.
• 55 is the average age of onset with most people who develop ALS between the ages of 40 and 70. However, cases of the disease do occur in people in their twenties and thirties.
• ALS is 20% more common in men than women. However, with increasing age, the incidence of ALS is more equal between men and women.
• Military veterans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with the disease than the general public for yet unknown reasons.

Please help us move a cure for ALS over the finish line by donating today.

  Thank you!