MDA Holiday Gift Guide

Few things are better than the perfect gift — except, perhaps, the gift that gives love to the recipient and to a whole community as well. This season, surprise your family with gifts that give to MDA families — and MDA research — too. Good Reads Stack your family bookshelf with must-reads that help explain . . .

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Chris Benyo’s Memorial Marathon with Team Momentum Celebrates Life

Since my wife passed away in July, there hasn’t been a lot of happiness in my life. It’s just been putting one foot in front of the other and taking everything day by day.

Then the Bank of America Chicago Marathon happened.

Denise and I had planned to run our “golden marathon” on Oct. 9. It would have been our ninth marathon together on the ninth. When she passed in the summer, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever want to use her race chair again.

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The Little Bird & An ALS Diagnosis

What does a small bird have in common with an ALS diagnosis? Artist Erin Brady Worsham eloquently shares. We are crazy about birds at our house. We have seven feeders scattered around our enclosed backyard and two feeders in the front yard. We have been blessed with a number of tall trees in our yard, . . .

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MDA and Target ALS Will Work Together to Support Young ALS Investigators

MDA and Target ALS Foundation have announced a partnership aimed at advancing ALS research and therapy development. Through the partnership, the two organizations will work together to support talented young scientists who choose to pursue a career devoted to ALS research. The partnership represents a key step in MDA’s commitment to form strategic alliances with . . .

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