by Steve Schonberg | Nov 30, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
It’s been said that no one really dies until the last time someone says their name. If that’s true, Tom Majda’s spirit and legacy may never leave us. A loving husband to Karen, father to two children and a 29-year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police...
by Steve Schonberg | Nov 5, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
Meet Eric Jurado-Diaz, an Army veteran, dedicated husband, loving father and a pALS—a person with ALS. Eric’s been bucking trends his entire life and continues to break down barriers regardless of his illness. “Everything I read was how it was a trip to death,”...
by Steve Schonberg | Jul 8, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
by Ron Hoffman, founder and executive director, Compassionate Care ALS In the course of tending to those with ALS for the last 23 years, I have made some incredible friends. I’m thinking of Sean Lucey and his blossoming spirit, growing stronger even as the physical...
by Steve Schonberg | Jul 8, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
For tech junkies and suburban commuters, a future with self-driving cars is a fun but fleeting thought on long trips and at stoplights. For people with ALS, also known as PALS, a future with self-driving cars is a world with one less limitation than there is today....
by Target ALS | May 12, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
When Target ALS and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) put out a funding call late last year, the goal was to identify projects that the two organizations could jointly support. The scope of the projects involved targeting the discovery of...
by Target ALS | May 5, 2020 | Inspiring Stories
Late last year, Theresa Whitlock-Wild reached out to Target ALS with the story of her husband Matt’s courageous battle against ALS and the nonprofit they launched to help those in need. Collectively, we realized that our missions overlap — a focus on bringing new...
