The ALS Therapy Alliance - Researching a Cure
Follow our journey as we blog about the leading-edge research the ALS Therapy Alliance and its partners is conducting. Meet our campaign spokespeople and learn more about how their families are living with the disease and remaining hopeful that a cure will be found. We welcome your comments and feedback!
On a cold, windy and drizzly day in October, hundreds of dedicated golfers gathered for the CVS/pharmacy Area 4 Golf Tournament Benefiting the ALS Therapy Alliance at the Bear Creek Golf Club in Dallas, Texas.
Executives from some of the largest companies in the U.S., including Coca Cola (title sponsor), Pepsi, American Greetings, Borden, Nestle, Frito Lay, Miller, and many others, brought their teams for a little competitive fun, a Texas style BBQ and education about ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease).
At the end of the day, our 2010/2011 co-spokesperson Treg Charlton, a Regional Director of Real Estate for CVS Caremark, educated the crowds about this devastating disease. Treg was diagnosed in 2010, four years after his childhood best friend, Barry Winovich, had also been diagnosed with ALS.
We are extremely grateful to Laura, Teresa and the hard working team at the Area 4 business office who made this such an amazing event.
The final result was a check for $80,000 donated to the ALS Therapy Alliance for ALS research. Thanks Treg & Barry for all you do. You inspire me everyday - this one is for you!
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