Thank you for helping us reach our fund raising goal! Together we can make a difference in the lives of those affected by Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Our team is committed to raising money to support people in our community with ALS and spread awareness of the urgency to find treatment and a cure. Please consider joining our team in the Walk to Defeat ALS® or choose a team member from the list and donate to our cause.
Before ALS, my mother Jean Camberg was an energetic, hard-working woman who loved life and her family. Prior to her diagnosis, she was teaching full time at Penn State Altoona, seeing clients at her private practice as a clinical social worker and registered play therapist, supervising graduate students, serving as organist of her church, being a wife and mother and loving her newborn first grandson. I probably even forgot to mention something she was involved in! She always jokingly referred to herself as the energizer bunny. She kept going and going and going... After ALS, my mother lost her ability to walk, use her hands, move her body at all, talk, and then eventually swallow and breathe. My mother first starting experiencing symptoms of ALS in Jan/Feb 2016. She was diagnosed in July 2016. She died on November 14, 2016. There is still so much that is unknown about this 100% fatal disease. The ALS Association helped my family by providing a ramp, providing grant money for care as well as helping to find professional care, facilitating the use of a motorized wheelchair, allowing access to a lending library of helpful technologies, holding a free class series for caregivers and offering support. Please consider making a donation to our team, Jean's Parliament, in the Walk to Defeat ALS. Your generous donation will help other lives affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
As many of you know, Jean loved owls. We chose the team name to honor that, as a parliament is a the collective term for a group of owls. Please help us honor Jean's memory and raise money to help defeat this devastating disease.
Why We Need Your Help
Often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe. The life expectancy of an ALS patient averages 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis.
Every 90 minutes a person in this country is diagnosed with ALS and every 90 minutes another person will lose their battle against this disease. ALS occurs throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries.
This crippling disease can strike anyone. Presently there is no known cause of the disease yet it still costs loved ones an average of $200,000 a year to provide the care ALS patients need. Help make a difference and donate or join a walk today.
