Fred Noble, legendary Oregon skier, diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, wants to raise $100,000 in Ski to Defeat ALS

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Fred Noble remembers how he would end his ski days in the 1960s and ’70s. After skiing all day, when lifts were closing, he shouldered his skis and hiked the snowfields high above Timberline Lodge or Mt. Hood Meadows (when this was legal). As the sun began to set, he clamped into his bindings, gave a hoot and holler and headed for his car, 3,000 to 5,000 feet below, arriving just before dark. It was the perfect last run. Noble will soon be making his very last run. Diagnosed with an incurable disease, the Portland man who epitomized adventure sports in Oregon for more than four decades knows the end is coming. Noble is using his myriad connections to plan one last bash, Ski to Defeat ALS, a fundraiser for the Oregon and southwest Washington chapter of the ALS Association.
Via blog.oregonlive.com

Michigan Swimmers Using English Channel Record Attempt to Raise Money for ALS Cure

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How’s this for wedding an ambitious feat of physical endurance to a greater humanitarian cause: Six Michigan women are training to break the world record for fastest two-way relay swim crossing of the English Channel to raise money to find a cure for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The women, all active, masters-age swimmers who swam or played water polo competitively in college, are using their English Channel swim to benefit Ann Arbor Active Against ALS, a nonprofit that sponsors a number of races and other events to raise money for ALS research and promote physical activity. They’re trying to raise $120,000 to raise awareness of the disease and find a cure. The channel swimmers plan to launch their assault on the record books sometime between July 25 and 31, during the Neap tide (and the nearby London 2012 Olympics) and depending on weather and currents. The world record, set in 2007 by a group of women from Mexico, is 18 hours and 59 minutes.
Via www.ahealthiermichigan.org

NASCAR’S Robert Richardson Jr. joins forces with The ALS Association to Fight Lou Gehrig’s disease

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NASCAR driver Robert Richardson Jr. and The ALS Association have partnered together to bring ALS awareness to auto racing fans and to raise funds to fight ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Richardson has created a website to spread ALS awareness and raise funds to support The ALS Association. NASCAR fans and interested parties can make a donation to the “Drive Away ALS” campaign at http://www.RobertRichardson.net/als. Anyone who makes a donation to the campaign by February 2 will be entered to win two all-access pit passes to the Daytona 500 on February 26, 2012.
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Zumbathon participants give their all to beat ALS at Asbury Park event

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Organizers for the Zumbathon held Saturday at Convention Hall in Asbury Park said they hoped the charity event would raise $100,000 for ALS research
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Arrest ALS is officially LIVE. Get over to the wild west, commit some crimes, and ARREST ALS

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Arrest ALS is a classic lock up fundraising campaign mashed up with the internet and social networking to create a new concept in online fundraising. Raising money for the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) and their goal to find an effective therapy for ALS, the campaign is set in the old-west and participants sign up and are arrested after pleading guilty to a variety of crimes from spitting in public, to gambling, to horse thieving, gun slinging and train robbery. The more extreme the crime, the larger the bail and the more money the participant will need to raise to win his or her freedom. It’s a crime that there is no effective treatment for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). But there is hope, and the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) is leading the charge to end ALS. The Institute is the world’s largest and leading medical research organization devoted entirely to finding an effective therapy for ALS.
Via www.arrestals.com