Is this Sunday at IPFW. Registration starts at 11 a.m. and the 3K walk at 12:30 p.m.
Commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," ALS is a fatal neuromuscular disease that currently affects 30,000 people living in the United States. 5,000 new cases of ALS will be diagnosed this year.
Every 90 minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with ALS and every 90 minutes someone in the United States dies from ALS.
The life expectancy of an ALS patient is two to five years from the date of diagnosis.
For registration information, call the Indiana Chapter of The ALS Association at 1-888-508-3232 or go online to www.alsaindiana.org.
