May is ALS Awareness Month

Take Action for ALS Awareness!

Held annually in May, ALS Awareness Month is a terrific opportunity to share your commitment to ALS care and research with friends and colleagues. All month, we’ll be sharing videos featuring members of our community highlighting important themes in the ALS Space:

A Day in the Life of a person living with ALS 
A Day in the life of a caregiver
The Diagnostic Journey
The Financial Impact
Taking Action

Start Here:

• Share our videos throughout the month on social media. All the videos that you find below throughout the month are posted on our social media accounts — sharing those stories to your networks results means a big impact in ALS awareness and donations toward our mission.
• Commit to volunteering for an event this year. Add your name to the volunteer list for an upcoming event, such as the ALS Walk for Life or the Chicago Marathon, or find a rewarding experience with a remote team working year-round like our Gratitude Group.
• Register an ALS Walk for Life team. (Coming soon) Use ALS Awareness Month as an opportunity to recruit friends for your ALS Walk for Life team this October at Soldier Field. By registering now, you'll be able to connect with other Walk teams over the summer — and you'll turbocharge your fundraising efforts.
• Hold a fundraiser — or start planning one. Whether it's cooking, running, golfing or just celebrating a birthday, our Fundraise Your Way program will help you use an occasion of any size to raise money to help people living with ALS, at any time of year.
• Make a donation — and talk about why you did it. Nothing speaks louder than the example you set. It's natural to be humble about your generosity, and you don't need to include the amount, but people should know that ALS care and research is a cause that's important to you.

You Can Make a Difference

Time and again, people find that ALS is not actually a rare disease — it affects all of us. If you take just one of these actions for ALS Awareness Month, you'll discover bonds and shared experiences with friends and colleagues, and you'll help connect people living with ALS and their families with care and support that can make a huge difference for them.

Together, we can create a world free of ALS.