Upholding Family Values and Traditions For Rosa Elizondo and her teammates, participating in our Strike Out ALS 5k and 1 Mile Run, Walk & Roll allows them to race towards a cure in loving memory of Rosa’s uncle, Alfonso, who …
June 2020 Foundation eNews
Upper Motor Neuron Degeneration Pinpointed In a recent study published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, researchers at our Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine and the University of Belgrade have discovered the electrophysiological mechanism behind upper motor neuron disease, which …
Faces of ALS: The Embodiment of Hope and Help
As we near the end of ALS Awareness Month, facts and statistics about ALS can be found around every corner. The lifetime risk of developing ALS is just 1 in 300. The estimated annual cost of care is $250,000. These figures illustrate …
May 2020 Events eNews
Celebrating Our Heroic Nurses Nurses are heroes, plain and simple. And those of us in the ALS community know that nurses have always been essential. Despite this crisis, the amazing nurses at our Lois Insolia ALS Clinic at the Les …
May 2020 Foundation eNews
Be a Giver for #GivingTuesdayNow Today is #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving as an emergency response to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we paused all in-person Support Service Team visits and …
Introducing the Joan & Paul Rubschlager Professorship
When Paul Rubschlager’s father was diagnosed with ALS in 1974, little was known about the cause of ALS and even less existed to help families facing this heartbreaking disease. After Paul’s father passed away in 1975, he and his wife …
April 2020 Events eNews
Tag for ALS From Home As you can see from our video, we’re doing Tag Days a bit differently this year. Since 1997, our Tag Days Drives have raised over $2 million to support people living with ALS and helped …
April 2020 Foundation eNews
Our Mission Continues So much has changed since our last Foundation eNews. We’ve all been asked to acclimate to a new normal. But one thing that hasn’t changed is our dedication to our Les Turner ALS family. Our ALS Support …
A Letter From Our CEO
Dear Friends, On Friday, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Governor of Illinois issued a statewide shelter-in-place order, similar to what we’ve seen in other parts of the country. This news creates challenges for all of us. How do we …
Telehealth – How We’re Adapting
The need to adapt to changing circumstances is not new to those with ALS. ALS requires constant attention and creativity to stay ahead of physical and emotional changes. As news continues to emerge about precautions against COVID-19, we are all …
