My brother Jim's update!

September 22, 2008 Update from Jim Culveyhouse
Oregon Spokesperson for MDA-ALS Research
jculveyhouse@comcast.net
www.jimculveyhouse.com


Hello friends, enjoy the first day of autumn and a new update on my website, www.jimculveyhouse.com Please take the time to read it.

I’ve selected a new Spotlight person on the front page. It's Alex Herzog!!!! Go to the website and read the spotlight. www.jimculveyhouse.com

As I said in my last update every time we do an update on the home page on the left hand side we are going to feature someone who has influenced me in some way that should receive a little extra recognition. If they have a website, we will direct you to their website, if they don’t we’ll direct you to a page of how they influenced me.

Thank you to all of those who participated in the ALS walk on Saturday the 20th at Riverfront Park in Salem in support of ALS patients and families.

Also, a big “thank you” to all who took part in the “Race for the Cure” this past Sunday. This event drew over 40,000 people in Portland and rose between 2.5 and 3 million dollars. Melanie, my wife, was at both; she has organized a team for the “Race for the Cure” for many years now as we’ve been touched like most people by this horrible disease.

Melanie’s sister passed away 3 years ago, her 15 and 17 year old girls live with us; we had an employee pass away, one of my wife’s best friends passed away, one of our best friends who I call HERO has beat it twice and Friday I heard one of my best friends from Georgia and best man in our wedding was diagnosed with this terrible disease.

They are both terrible diseases, the problem with ALS is it’s so little known, so terribly under funded (look above the ALS walk was for support, the Race for the cure raised 2.5-3 million in one day which is great), that people don’t relate to it.
That’s what my website is all about – to raise awareness, let people become educated about the disease and hopefully donate what they can as there is no direct funding except from individuals for ALS and ALS is incurable.

So why don’t you celebrate the first day of autumn by reading the website and considering a donation, the minimum is only $5.00. I’ve always said whatever you give; you’ll get twice back in return. Think about it and consider helping the researchers, scientists and doctors that are desperately looking for grants from people like my website to work on a cure for this incurable, horrible disease. Enjoy the update!