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to Defeat ALS ……………………………………PAGE 3 Team Up……………………………………………………..PAGE 4 Walk Tips for Successful Fundraising…..........PAGE 5 Email Fundraising Campaign…………………………….PAGE 6 Fundraising, 1: Email, Option 2: Snail Mail…………………...PAGE 7 Option Fundraising Letter…………………………..…...PAGE 8 Customize It!...............................................................PAGE 9 Sample Donations…………………………………….PAGE 10 Matching Gifts, Double Your Dollars in No Time…....PAGE 11 Submitting Day Information…………………………………….PAGE 12 Walk Our Mission: The mission of the ALS Association Greater Sacramento Chapter is to lead the fight to cure and treat ALS through global, cutting-edge research, and to empower people with Lou Gehrig’s disease and their families to live fuller by providing them with compassionate care and support. Our Vision: In the quest to create a world without ALS, our vision is to care for and support lives all people living with Lou Gehrig’s disease as we leave no stone unturned in our relentless search for a cure. 90 minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with ALS Every 90 minutes another person loses their life to this devastating disease Every for one ALS patient can cost up to Care a year ALS can impact anyone! $250,000 are no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries There average life expectancy post diagnosis is two to five years The Presently, there is no cure for ALS Table of Contents 2 ALS…………………………….……………..……...PAGE About Facts about ALS
aseball legend Lou Gehrig was diagnosed in 1939, nearly 7 million people worldwide have heard the same devastating words “you have ALS.” Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Since and that same time span, another person is lost to this catastrophic, progressive neurodegenerative disease. ALS is characterized by a degeneration of motor cells in the brain and spinal cord leading to muscle weakness. As the disease progresses, it causes severe impairment of mobility, speech, swallowing, and respiratory function. Disease), occurs throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries, typically striking ALS men and women between the ages of 35-70. More than 350,000 people around the world are currently POSTERS—Help us distribute Walk posters by placing them in businesses, libraries, schools, etc. by volunteering! FLYERS—Walk information brochures are perfect to use religious school bulletins, mass distribution at cash registers in local businesses, etc. HOST A PARTY—Invite family and friends to your home and include a or About ALS Want to help spread the word? with ALS. In the United States alone, there are more than 30,000 people battling the disease. Between 5 and 10% of those cases are familial, occurring more than once within a family. Presently, no viable treatments exist to effectively slow or stop progression of the disease. living the advanced stages, care for an ALS patient can cost up to $250,000 a year. The average life expectancy, is approximately two to five years from diagnosis. While research has shed light on possible causes of ALS, there have been no definitive answers, and its cure remains a mystery. In ——————————————————————————————————————— representative from our Chapter to talk about ALS and how they can help find a cure! “I lost my husband to ALS two years ago. I am starting to re-build my life thanks the support of The 2 Association, Greater Sacramento Chapter.” Gwen, Sacramento, CA. ALS
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