The Hudson Valley's Walk to Defeat ALS was on Sunday and it was such a great experience. There was live music, food, and almost a thousand people - which is so incredible, considering that there were only sixty participants at the first walk just three years ago. I'm looking forward to helping that number grow even more over the coming years.
Thanks to the generous donations of friends, family, clients and colleagues (and one anonymous donor - thanks, anonymous!), our team contributed $1770 to the total $60,000 that was raised! According to this article on the event in the Poughkeepsie Journal, the money will be used "to fund a program to lend patients equipment that may not be covered through their health insurance."
I'm so grateful to everyone who donated, spread the word and/or sent kind words and sweet thoughts our way! I feel really lucky to know you all.
You can read more about Lou Gherig's disease and my family's experience with it here.
And here's a link to my mother's day post - our first encounter with ALS and one of the many reasons my mom rocks.
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