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Author: Elizabeth Hutton

Adults, Fundraising & Events

Losing a Father to ALS and Raising Money for a Cure: One Daughter’s Story

Elizabeth Hutton 09/08/201603/02/2023

On March 6, 2016, a bomb went off in my life. Its name was ALS. I had vaguely heard of ALS by way of YouTube “Ice Bucket Challenge” videoes. But that day, the most important person in my life, my Dad, Dr. John J. Hutton, was given, as he termed in, “a death sentence.” He . . .

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