My ALS Story

Hi friends, I have some disconcerting news. Time to tell the world about this. One day last year I was filming in Chicago and one of the crew noticed my arms were twitching. So I went to my doctor, he sent me to a neurologist, and they ran the tests. Diagnosis: ALS. ALS is a fatal disease, for which there currently is no cure. But certain research facilities are right on the brink of solving this disease. We will be doing a 5 mile walk as a family to raise money for research.  Our plan was to do the Chicago 5K this year, but given Covid, we’re coming together to do a remote version in MN on July 26th. We are funding the ALS TDI Lab, because they are the largest research clinic in the world dedicated to solving ALS. Please consider a donation to ALS TDI in order to find a cure for this disease. Thank you so much. Forever grateful. Just to be clear, with so many people around this country that I love: I will NOT go quietly into the night!

-Jerry Pope

Who do we support?

The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) is the world's foremost drug discovery lab focused solely on ALS. As a nonprofit biotech they operate without regard to profit or politics.

Led by drug development experts and people with ALS, the Cambridge, Massachusetts based lab is funded by a global network of supporters unified to end ALS. Their mission is to discover and develop effective treatments for ALS.