Ride for Life 2008
Ride For Life 2008
Ride For Life's annual candle-lighting ceremony honoring loved ones lost to ALS will be held on the final day of the 2008 ALS Ride For Life. Please click on the candle above to register for the event or to provide us with the name of the deceased so that we can light a candle in their honor during this ecumenical service.
ATTENTION! The Ride For Life Yankee 
Stadium Event scheduled for Friday, May 9, at Monument Park will be postponed until June, due to poor weather conditions. More details will follow.
Sunday May 4th through Saturday
May 10th 2008 from Montauk to Manhattan
Click here for more information and to sign up as a participant
2008 Ride for Life Daily Journals
RIDE FOR LIFE UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Ride For Life at the
Long Island Ducks Stadium
Monday May 19th
6:30 PM
Register online or call
631 444-1292
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ALS SCHOLARSHIP INFO
Recent Ride for Life News
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...
Ride for Life grants $165K for ALS research
November 29, 2005 | Ride for Life News
This year, thanks to your generosity, Ride for Life funded $165,000 to promising ALS research programs. The grants were researched and recommended by a committee of ALS patients led by Norma Steck-Hess.
$55,000 for ALS TDF to continue their high tech, cutting edge work.
$42,500 for Johns Hopkins in support of the Packard Research consortium.
$40,000 for ALS Associations (through Greater New York Chapter) and its exciting work on a wide range of initiatives led by Dr. Brujin.
$20,000 for Dr. Gordon of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in support of the first multi drug clinical trial about to begin.
$8,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (through the Suffolk Chapter) in recognition of their continued research programs.
This years total brings to over $700,000 in research money generated by Ride for Life patients working together to make a difference.
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Long Island Educator's Golf Tournament raises $15K to fight ALS
October 29, 2005 | Ride for Life News
The Ride For Lifes 3rd annual Long Island Educators Cup Golf Outing held on Columbus Day was a big success raising $15,000. Teacher - golfers from Nassau and Suffolk Counties played and competed for the Educators Cup. After the scores were tallied, Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers won the coveted Cup taking it from the 2004 winners Kings Park Teachers Association. The Trophy will be presented at the Long Island Presidents Councils winter meeting in Montauk. The LIPC is a group of union leaders representing Long Island teacher Locals. 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...
Faith and friends sustain Ken and Phyllis Swigart
January 15, 2007 | PALS Profiles
Phyllis Swigart said she and her husband, Ken, have had their faith tested before in life, but they feel as though they are now facing their final exam. And they don't plan to fail. The couple has remained unwavering and prayerful, even as Ken has been diagnosed with ALS. In a very short time their whole lives have changed, and the couple knows even more difficult days are ahead of them. 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...
Young Caregivers: Parents turn to children for help
January 12, 2007 | Living with ALS
Across the country, children go about providing home health care to parents, grandparents or other relatives. They suction breathing tubes, change catheters, and run steroids through IVs. These children assume household chores at early ages, preparing meals and doing laundry for a parent who can't. In many ways, the care they provide mirrors or exceeds the tasks that often overwhelm adult children caring for an elderly parent.more...
Science In Secret
January 4, 2007 | ALS Research
Stem cell scientist Hynek Wichterle tackles Lou Gehrigs disease in a privately-funded lab outside the public eye.more...
Hawking will give DNA sample to help scientists understand ALS
January 4, 2007 | ALS Research
Cambridge University theoretical physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking has decided to donate DNA samples to the Human Genome Project in the hope that the data will help scientists identify the causes of Lou Gehrig's disease.more...
Swimmers plunge into frigid Long Island Sound for a cause
January 4, 2007 | ALS News
60 bathing suit-clad folks plunged into the New Year yesterday by plunging into Long Island Sound. They gathered with close to 40 supporters - and some four-legged friends - at Oakland Beach to raise money for the Friends of Claire Foundation, named for ALS patient Claire Gormley Collier.more...
ALS patient gets the ride of his dreams
January 4, 2007 | ALS News
ALS patient and sports car fan Edward Puletz got a birthday surprise from over 50 Corvette enthusiasts. more...
ALS patient and teen pianist hook up to help each other
January 4, 2007 | PALS Profiles
Paul Gould's appreciation for classical music was plain to see on his face as he listened to his friend, Leah Claiborne, play the piano for his enjoyment a few days before Christmas. A former chief financial officer for Frick Co. in Waynesboro, Pa., Gould has been a resident at Western Maryland Hospital Center in Hagerstown for the past two years. Gould, 67, has ALS.more...
Austin woman to walk to Boston for ALS awareness
January 4, 2007 | ALS News
An Austin woman is planning an ambitious three months starting in March. She plans to walk from Austin to Boston to help spread awareness for the disease that claimed her mother's life.more...
