Two teens break funraising record for ALS
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March 8, 2006 Wednesday 2:00 PM GMT
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HEADLINE: Nearly One-Third of U.S. Teens Will Be Shown Program Detailing How Two Kids Broke Fundraising Records at The ALS Association and Became Role Models
DATELINE: CALABASAS, Calif. March 8, 2006
Nearly one-third of America's teenagers in 12,000 schools will have an opportunity on Wednesday, March 15 to see how Christian and Paul Carey have established The ALS Association's (ALSA) record for fundraising by young people in the Walk to D'Feet ALS(R). The Walk is ALSA's national signature fundraising event.
A 12-minute Channel One News broadcast will include a segment on Christian, 13, and Paul, 15, the Cincinnati, Ohio brothers who have raised more than $150,000 in the last two years for ALSA's Central and Southern Ohio Chapter Walk to D'Feet ALS.
"To say they are amazing is an understatement," said ALSA President and CEO Gary Leo. "I have never seen anything like this in all my years of fundraising. They are heroes in the ALS community and are true role models. I am equally impressed by the fact that they still find the time to be excellent students and pursue other interests."
The Careys, whose achievements were previously chronicled by the nationally syndicated television show "Eyewitness Teen/Kids News" and Time for Kids: World Report magazine, hope to shatter their previous cumulative record by making a commitment to raise $100,000 for the chapter's next Walk on September 17.
"It is actually very important to reach kids of all ages so they can realize that anyone can make a difference in the fight against ALS," Paul Carey Jr. said.
Paul told reporter/anchor Melissa Knowles that, "Even if our mom is not around anymore, we have a responsibility to continue to fight until a cure is found," and Christian said, "After I am out of college, I hope to become a neurologist or even work with The ALS Association, so that I can help find a cure for ALS."
Broadcasting since 1990, Peabody Award-winning Channel One News is a leading source of news and information for young people. The news broadcasts are delivered daily to more than 7 million teenagers in middle schools and high schools across the country.
The ALS Association is the nation's only national not for profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS.
