Your generosity brings hope to families like Cecil and Grace As we close out the year, we’re reflecting on the extraordinary strength of people living with ALS and the loved ones who walk beside them—people like Cecil and his wife, …
A Chef’s Touch: How Kate Milashus Keeps Creating Through ALS
For nearly 15 years, the heat, rhythm, and camaraderie of Chicago’s kitchens shaped Kate Milashus’s world. After putting herself through culinary school at 28 and landing her first chef position at 30, she found a home among pastry bags, ovens, …
November 2025 Foundation eNews
The 2025 Gift Guide is here Looking for thoughtful ways to support someone living with ALS or a caregiver this holiday season? Explore our newly updated ALS Gift Guide, created with guidance from our support services team. The guide offers …
The Heart Does the Giving, the Fingers Just Let Go
Dear Friend, This year marks my third as CEO of the Les Turner ALS Foundation. Every day, I’m in awe of the courage, resilience, and hope of people living with ALS and their families—like Cecil and his wife, Grace. …
Giving Tuesday and the Les Turner ALS Foundation: December 2, 2025
ALS doesn’t just affect muscles—it impacts lives, families, and futures. Your support helps bring care, comfort, and hope to the people living through it. At the Les Turner ALS Foundation, we’ve been here since 1977 providing compassionate care and advancing …
November 2025 Foundation eNews
New clue links ALS and FTD to overactive neurons A groundbreaking Northwestern University study, supported in part by the Les Turner ALS Foundation, has uncovered how a malfunctioning protein—TDP-43—causes nerve cells to overfire in ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The …
2025 Gift Guide for People Living With ALS and Caregivers
Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en español. Find thoughtful and practical gift ideas in our Gift Guide for People Living with ALS, created with guidance from our support services team. Whether you’re honoring someone you care about or …
A new clue to ALS and FTD: Faulty protein disrupts brain’s ‘brake’ system
Findings point to promising drug that restores neuron balance and may slow disease progression A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease protein, TDP-43, drives overactive nerve cells in …
October 2025 Foundation eNews
Join us at the leading edge of ALS research Join us this coming Monday, November 3, at 9:30 am CT for the 15th Annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS, co-hosted by the Les Turner ALS Foundation and the Les Turner …
October 2025 Foundation eNews
Team Race for ALS brings together runners and supporters at the Chicago Marathon On Sunday, October 12, Team Race for ALS joined more than 50,000 runners from around the world at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. With 64 runners …
