MAY IS ALS Awareness Month

This May, in honor of ALS Awareness Month, The Angel Fund for ALS Research is asking our Angel Fund family to come together with urgency, compassion, and determination to “Step Up to Cure ALS.” Behind every diagnosis of ALS —also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease—is a person, a family, and a story that cannot wait.

ALS is a relentless and progressive neurodegenerative disease that slowly robs individuals of their ability to move, speak, eat, and ultimately breathe. There is no cure. For families facing ALS, time becomes the most precious—and most limited—resource.

For more than 25 years, The Angel Fund has stood beside those families, turning heartbreak into action by funding promising, independent research.. Every dollar raised is driven by one goal: to find a treatment and cure for ALS.

That commitment is making a real difference. In the past year alone, The Angel Fund has donated $800,000 to ALS research, contributing to an extraordinary $2.3 million over the past three years—fueling critical discoveries and giving researchers the resources they need to move the research forward. Check out the researcher updates below.

This month is about more than awareness. It’s about action. It’s about standing with families and friends who are in the fight of their lives and refusing to accept that there isn’t a cure—yet.

The message is simple but powerful: we cannot wait. Every step forward brings us closer to treatments, to answers, and ultimately, to a cure.

For families facing ALS today, hope cannot be delayed.

For more information, to donate, or to get involved, please visit www.theangelfund.org

Throughout ALS Awareness Month, The Angel Fund invites you to:

• Donate to accelerate life-changing research
• Participate in community events and fundraisers
• Share stories to honor those affected and inspire others
• Stand together in support of patients and their families

Harpoon 5 Miler

The Harpoon 5 Miler will be held on Saturday, May 16. This is the 25th year that Harpoon Brewery will hold the 5 mile race. The race has raised over $3.1 million for ALS research and care.

Although the race is sold out, you can still donate to the race in honor of The Angel Fund by clicking here.

Donations of $250 or more, you will access to the Beer Hall and more!

Race begins at 10am.

Squirrel Run XXVIII

On June 6th in Quincy, MA hundreds of runner and walkers will step off the starting line for the Jimmy Kennedy Memorial Race to Cure ALS - Squirrel Run XXVIII.

Registration begins at 8am at Pageant Field, with the 5K run and 2.5 fitness walk stepping off at 10am. We DO offer day of registration.

Children's events begin at 11am.

Step up with us to Cure ALS!

Walk of Hope for ALS

The annual Walk of Hope for ALS will take place on Saturday, September 12th in Wakefield at the lower common.

Walk with us for those who no longer can. We walk for those living with ALS and those who have lost their courageous battle to the disease. If you would like to add your loved one's photo to our Faces of ALS walkway, Please email us.

The Walk begins at 11 a.m. after the release of doves.

Begin your fundraising page here.

Stay tuned for more exciting events to come!