Why Walk? To Find a Purpose.

I am a nurse with the KP ALS Multidisciplinary Team Clinic in Neuroscience at MOA.  I work with wonderful caring doctors, and clinicians from different Specialties who do the impossible to provide excellent care to our ALS patients. We listen, provide empathy, have those hard conversations when needed, hear our patients and family’s suggestions and discuss options. Emotional support has always been one of the main elements to our clinic.

Finding Our Purpose:

We hear very often by our patients, “people do not seem to understand what ALS is, and how it drastically affects and changes our life.”

Our Purpose:

We walk to be the voices for those who have ALS, and for the families whose loved one passed away from ALS.

We walk to bring awareness to our communities.

We Walk because we are committed to our patients and the ALS Community.

What is ALS?

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost, and the devastating disease progresses. The muscles become weak, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy. Patients in the later stages of the disease become totally paralyzed. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to death. There is no Cure for ALS.

ALS Net Work:

Fundraising for the Hawaii Walk & Roll to Cure ALS accelerates progress toward the discovery of effective prevention strategies, treatments, and finding a cure for ALS. All proceeds benefit the mission priorities of the ALS Network (formerly ALS Golden West) related to care, research, and advocacy.

What can we do?

Be their voice, advocate, participate, donate, bring awareness to your communities.

Please donate and join me and our fantastic team: Kaiser Permanente ALS Avengers to help us reach our goal. 

 Fundraising and awareness are essential to fueling this progress. Every dollar raised and every message shared counts! 

Let’s walk, or support virtually. With your help, we will be able to make a difference in the lives of people affected by this disease.

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