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 electric wheelchairs down the highways and byways to raise funds for a cure and create awareness for their plight. During the past 7 years, ALS patients rode their wheelchairs from Yankee Stadium to Washington D.C., and from Montauk Point (the tip of Long Island) to Manhattan and helped to raise over 1.5 million dollars.
ALS Spotlight
Coming Events
2010 IRON HORSE MOTORCYCLE RALLY
Ride 2010 Events
2010 Iron Horse Motorcycle Rally - July 18th.more...
Family night with the Ducks
Ride 2010 Events
Ride For Life Family Night With the Ducks Grucci Firework Extravaganza following the game. Saturday, May 29th at 7:05 pm (gates open at 6:05 pm). Cost is $11 and parking is free. Purchase tickets form. For more information contact...more...
14th ANNUAL SUMMER GOLF CLASSIC
Ride 2010 Events
RIDE FOR LIFE’S 14th ANNUAL SUMMER GOLF CLASSIC Honoring Carter Manz of Mid Island Steel Corp. Monday June 28th, 2010 Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills Dinner Buffet Lombardi’s On The Sound more...
Recent Ride for Life News
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...
$135,000 GOES TO RESEARCH FUNDING
April 10, 2010 | Ride for Life News
As a result of the 2009 Ride for Life funded a total of $135,000 dollars for research. The funds were distributed among five research groups.more...
$135,000 GOES TO RESEARCH FUNDING
April 10, 2010 | Ride for Life News
As a result of the 2009 Ride for Life funded a total of $135,000 dollars for research. The funds were distributed among five research groups.more...
Ride for Life founder Chris Pendergast honored by NY State
May 31, 2006 | Ride for Life News
NY State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle honored Ride for Life founder Christopher Pendergast as the First Senate District recipient of the 2006 Achievers' Award at the annual "Senate Disabilities Awareness Day" celebration in Albany. Mr. Pendergast received the statewide honor in recognition of his tireless efforts as a champion for ALS. He speaks extensively to help bring awareness to the disease and raise funds for research and patient services.more...
Recent Newscenter Headlines
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act
January 15, 2007 | ALS News
The ALS Association issued the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration's recommendations to reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). more...
Family counts its blessings despite dad's disease
January 15, 2007 | PALS Profiles
Two boys whose lives have been changed forever by their dad's ALS are featured on a calendar. more...
Family counts its blessings despite dad's disease
January 15, 2007 | PALS Profiles
Two boys whose lives have been changed forever by their dad's ALS are featured on a calendar. more...
Stephen Hawking hopes to go into space in 2009
January 12, 2007 | ALS News
World renowned British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who suffers from ALS, wants to go a place he has only theorized about in his long career: space. "This year I'm planning a zero-gravity flight and to go into space in 2009," he was quoted as saying in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.more...
