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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body.
ALS was first described in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, but it wasn't until 1939 that Lou Gehrig brought national and international attention to the disease when he abruptly retired from baseball after being diagnosed with ALS.

Bob Jewell, a long-time member of our church family was diagnosed with the disease in March of 2013.


                                             Perry, Sandy & Bob Jewell
As of Thursday, August 21, The ALS Association has received $41.8 million in donations compared to $2.1 million during the same time period last year (July 29 to August 21). These donations have come from existing donors and 739,275 new donors to The Association.
You can participate in the ALS Ice Bucket challenge and go to www.alsa.org  to contribute

Please go to our video page to see those who have completed the Ice Bucket Challenge!






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