For a more significant birthday of mine in May, I am inviting family and friends to donate to the "Walk To End ALS" (link above- go to Stepping Up For Steve) for my friend Steven Gallagher. I have known Steven for about 10 years and he has been living with ALS the past 4 years with ridiculously creative, and passionate HOPE. 

Your support will help to:

• Create a better day-to-day reality for people and families living with ALS by providing community-based support throughout Ontario – like home visits and support groups – as well as necessary medical equipment like hospital beds, wheelchairs, stairlifts and other items that increase safety in the home, at no cost to those who need them.
• Further scientific progress by investing in the ALS Canada Research Program, which funds promising ALS research. The ALS Canada Research Program is the only national dedicated source of funding for ALS research across Canada. This program provides peer-reviewed grants to researchers whose work has the greatest potential to advance the field of ALS. There’s been more progress made in ALS research in the last five years than over the last century – we need to keep building on this momentum.