Who We Are
Ride for Life, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1998 by ALS patients, caregivers and those who care about people living with ALS.
We are called "Ride for Life" because of our annual event in which ALS patients ride their power wheelchairs, along with supporters down the highways and byways to raise funds for a cure and create awareness for their disease. For the past 14 years, ALS patients have ridden their wheelchairs first from Yankee Stadium to Washington D.C., then from Montauk Point (the tip of Long Island) to Manhattan and finally, all around the Metro area. We have raised nearly 4 million dollars to fight ALS.
ALS Spotlight
Coming Events
15th Anniversary Kickoff & Honoree Recognition
Plan to join us on March 21, 2012 as we kickoff the 15th Annual Ride For Life coming in May. Help us salute our honorees that have made our successes possible. Watch for details and reservation forms....more...
15th ANNUAL SUMMER GOLF CLASSIC
Ride 2011 events
RIDE FOR LIFE’S 15th ANNUAL SUMMER GOLF CLASSIC . Monday June 27th, 2010 Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills Dinner Buffet Lombardi’s On The Sound more...
ALS Bike Trek - 5/14
Ride 2011 events
ALS Bike Trek - 25, 50, 100, 125 mile supported Bike Trip - 5/14 Download flyer Link to Registration form Purchase for a cause! Click here to purchase an Authentic Cannondale 2011 Bike Trek Jersey specially made for joint ALS...more...
Homeplate Appearance and Fireworks Display - Long Island Ducks - 5/29
Ride 2011 events
Homeplate Appearance and Fireworks Display Long Island Ducks - 5/29. Limited Tickets Available. Registration form to purchase tickets: Click here....more...
Recent Ride for Life News
ALS ride kicks off in Riverhead
May 10, 2011 | Ride for Life News
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/als-ride-kicks-off-in-riverhead-1.2865336 ALS ride kicks off in Riverhead May 9, 2011 by MITCHELL FREEDMAN / mitchell.freedman@newsday.com More than a hundred students walked behind Christopher Pendergast, 62, in his motorized wheelchair Monday morning to Riverhead Town Hall, where Pendergast will begin his...more...
Scholarship named for Ride for Life founder
May 10, 2011 | Ride for Life News
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/long-island-now-1.1732330/scholarship-named-for-ride-for-life-founder-1.2865466 Long Island Now Scholarship named for Ride for Life founder Monday May 9, 2011 1:57 PM By Erin Geismar Followed by more than 200 supporters, Christopher Pendergast began the 14th annual Ride for Life on Monday, a 12-day journey...more...
ALS clinic to be named after Christopher Pendergast
October 13, 2010 | Ride for Life News
October 13, 2010: Dr. Steven Strongwater, CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital, informed Christopher Pendergast today that the Hospital's ALS clinic will be named after him. Announcement in Newsday...more...
Scholarship named for Ride for Life founder
May 10, 2011 | Ride for Life News
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/long-island-now-1.1732330/scholarship-named-for-ride-for-life-founder-1.2865466 Long Island Now Scholarship named for Ride for Life founder Monday May 9, 2011 1:57 PM By Erin Geismar Followed by more than 200 supporters, Christopher Pendergast began the 14th annual Ride for Life on Monday, a 12-day journey...more...
ALS clinic to be named after Christopher Pendergast
October 13, 2010 | Ride for Life News
October 13, 2010: Dr. Steven Strongwater, CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital, informed Christopher Pendergast today that the Hospital's ALS clinic will be named after him. Announcement in Newsday...more...
Patient Group Supports ALS Clinic at University Hospital
April 18, 2010 | Ride for Life News
As a result of the 2009 Ride For Life, an annual ALS wheelchair ride across Long Island, NY, a $65,000 grant was made to help cover nursing and related patient service costs at Stony Brook University Hospital’s ALS Clinic. more...
Recent Newscenter Headlines
RIDE FUNDING HITS PAY-DIRT
September 29, 2011 | ALS Research
On August 21, 2011 a team of researchers at Northwestern University published their ground breaking findings about the cause of all forms of ALS, which is a giant leap forward towards finding the cure. Dr. Teepu Siddique, the senior author,...more...
Researchers Say They've Found Common Cause of All Types of ALS
August 22, 2011 | ALS Research
SUNDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The apparent discovery of a common cause of all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could give a boost to efforts to find a treatment for the fatal neurodegenerative disease, a new study contends. Scientists have long struggled to identify the underlying disease process of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and weren't even sure that a common disease process was associated with all forms of ALS.more...
Researchers Say They've Found Common Cause of All Types of ALS
August 22, 2011 | ALS Research
SUNDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The apparent discovery of a common cause of all forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could give a boost to efforts to find a treatment for the fatal neurodegenerative disease, a new study contends. Scientists have long struggled to identify the underlying disease process of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and weren't even sure that a common disease process was associated with all forms of ALS.more...
