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Victory for Veterans with ALS
Advocacy
12/21/2011
Jason Alexander Salutes Veterans with ALS
Advocacy
11/09/2011
Capitol Hill Ads Feature Veteran with ALS
Advocacy
10/20/2011
House Votes to Provide $6.4 Million for ALSRP
Advocacy
07/11/2011
ALS Association Urges Industry to Develop Treatments for ALS
Advocacy
07/05/2011
Committee Approves $6.4 Million for the ALS Research Program!
Advocacy
06/16/2011
Save the ALS Research Program at DOD
Advocacy
06/13/2011
Association Promotes ALS Research at NIH Forum
Advocacy
06/03/2011
Federal Government Launches First Ever National ALS Registry Historic Project to Advance Lou Gehrig’s Disease Research
Advocacy
10/20/2010
National ALS Registry Online Enrollment Coming Soon!
Advocacy
10/08/2010
National ALS Registry Identifies ALS Cases Nationwide; Online Enrollment Coming Soon
Advocacy
08/10/2010
Help Increase Funding for the National ALS Registry
Advocacy
03/10/2010
Letter-to-the-editor campaign for Veteran's Day
Advocacy
11/06/2009
CDC/ATSDR Launch ALS Registry Website
Advocacy
10/08/2009
Senate Committee Increases Funding for the National ALS Registry
Advocacy
08/07/2009
Advocates Travel to DC
Advocacy
05/12/2009
ALS Association Helps to Fast Track Disability Claims Social Security Administration Implements Compassionate Allowances
Advocacy
10/28/2008
The Time Has Come to Pass the ALS Registry Act!
Advocacy
07/23/2008
Additional $3 Million for the ALS Registry - Congress Adjourns
Advocacy
12/20/2007
Congress Continues to Increase Funding for DOD Research; ALS Registry Act Update
Advocacy
12/07/2007
Department of Defense Directs Additional $5 Million to Establish New ALS Research Program; Funding Opportunities Available
Advocacy
10/30/2007
ALS Registry Act Cleared for the House Floor!!!
Advocacy
09/27/2007
Catfish Chapter President Named Advocate of the Year
Advocacy
06/04/2007
The ALS Association Testifies Before Congress
Advocacy
04/17/2007
Advocacy Update - Medicare Rx Drug Benefit Open Enrollment
Advocacy
11/17/2006
ALS Advocacy Day and Public Policy Conference - 2006
Advocacy
05/17/2006
Premiere of National ALS Advocacy Day Video
Advocacy
03/07/2006
ALSA to Continue Fight for ALS Registry
Advocacy
02/15/2006
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Farewell Friends by Melissa Cormican, Special Events Administrative Coordinator
01/31/2012 - 11:35am
In response to Chapter growth, the Special Events Administrative...
“1/20/12 Attend a Support Group in 2012!” by Lisa Hoskins, Care Services Social Worker
01/20/2012 - 2:54pm
With a brand new year and January underway, perhaps a new year’s goal to...
Announcing a Caregivers of the Invasively Ventilated Telephone Support Group February 23 at 3PM!! By Sue Humphries,LMSW, Director of Care Services
01/12/2012 - 8:01pm
The decision to choose invasive ventilation is a difficult one for many...
A Visit to Duke (with apologies to Clement C. Moore) by Brian Nikolich
12/24/2011 - 5:19pm
‘Twas the day after Memorial and a long one in Durham; Starting at eight...
“12/19/11, Holiday Mental Health for All by Lisa Hoskins, Care Services Social Worker”
12/19/2011 - 2:27pm
This month I’d like to continue to focus on the caregivers.  The holiday...
Thankful for our Board of Directors By Kelsey Hamilton, Special Events Coordinator
12/05/2011 - 10:03am
We could not culminate our “Thankful Series” without mentioning a very...
We are Thankful for Year-Round Fundraising: by Savannah Smith, Special Events Coordinator
11/30/2011 - 10:32am
The day after Thanksgiving may be known to some people as Black Friday. ...
On Being Thankful for Walk Committees, By Kara Strang, Special Events Coordinator
11/23/2011 - 3:20pm
Our walk committee members are groups of people, working in eight...
On Being Thankful for Year-Round Fundraisers By Kara Strang, Special Events Coordinator
11/22/2011 - 1:08pm
One of the joys of being a special events coordinator is to witness and...
November is National Family Caregivers Month by Lisa Hoskins, Care Services Social Worker
11/18/2011 - 2:38pm
This is to all the caregivers out there….  Who cares for you?  I...