Join our first-ever 2021 Chicago Virtual NEALS ALS Clinical Research Learning Institute (CRLI). This program will take place online on February 20-21. Patients, caregivers, and surviving family members are encouraged to apply. The ALS CRLI is an annual two-day program ...
*Meets the fourth Saturday of each month from 10:30am-12pm Support group meetings are open to patients, family members, caregivers and friends. Each facility is wheelchair accessible and offers free parking. We request that you RSVP if you are planning to ...
2021 Virtual Hope Through Caring Gala Saturday, March 20, 2021 Virtual Event 7:00pm Every Spring, the Les Turner ALS Foundation hosts the Hope Through Caring Gala. In 2021, we're hosting our first-ever virtual gala, and bringing this exciting evening to ...
Lou Gehrig Day: A Discussion with 'Luckiest Man' Author Jonathan Eig, hosted by WXRT's Lin Brehmer Wednesday, June 2 12pm CDT Major League Baseball is officially honoring Lou Gehrig Day at ballparks across the country on June 2 and 3. ...
Celebration of Life Saturday, June 12 This will be a moving, 15-minute online service honoring those we have lost to ALS and includes readings from our CEO, Andrea Pauls Backman, and Support Group Facilitator Anne Lidsky, PhD, who will lead ...
Strike Out ALS 5k and 1 Mile Run, Walk & Roll Thursday, July 22 Join us for this year’s Strike Out ALS 5k and 1 Mile Run, Walk & Roll at the one and only Guaranteed Rate Field on ...
Nutrition Optimization in Patients with ALS Featuring Brittany Hitson, MS, RD, LDN, Northwestern Medicine, Prentice Women’s Hospital, Clinical Nutrition & Dominique Kosk, MPH, RD, LDN, CNSC, Clinical Nutrition Services, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Thursday, July 29 at 12 p.m. CDT Register for ...
8th Annual Matt Creen Golf Invitational Thursday, August 12, 2021
The Caregivers Only group offers a time to talk about all the issues caregivers face in a non-judgmental, accepting atmosphere without their loved one, who is living with ALS, being present. Caregivers share a common experience; life has become so ...
ALS Learning Series: Managing Speech & Swallowing Problems in ALS Featuring Kristin Larsen, MA, CCC-SLP, Speech and Language Pathologist at Northwestern Medicine Thursday, August 26 at 12 p.m. CDT For many living with ALS, speech and swallowing changes may be ...
