The Mount Prospect Jaycees are groaningly excited to announce the coming of zombies. This years “Save the Brains Charity Crawl” to fight ALS is coming to Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect on Sept. 28th.
From 5-10 PM at various locations such as Blackfinn American Grille, E + O food and drink, Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Bar Louie to fight ALS. For a $20 donation there will be minute-to-win games, trivia games, and raffles. Participants will receive a tee shirt if registered by Friday Sept. 13th. All participants will receive a complimentary raffle ticket. Go to Mountprospectjacyees.org for more information and to register. Beware of zombies- they may want to “SAVE THE BRAINS!”
An event to battle ALS is set for September 28th from 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at various locations at Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect. Hordes of zombies will be in full attire invading prearranged locations while playing minute to win it games, trivia games, and raffles. Each participate for a $20 donation will receive a souvenir T-shirt and raffle ticket. All proceeds will be donated to the battle against ALS.
ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is also called Lou Gehrig’s disease in the United States — a degenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. ALS is a debilitating disease with varied symptoms characterized by rapidly progressive weakness, wasting away of muscle, twitching and involuntary muscle contractions, difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, and difficulty breathing.
ALS is not contagious and in 95% of cases ALS is not genetic and does not have a cause. Unfortunately, a cure has not yet been found for the disease. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure within three to five years from the onset of symptoms. The median survival time from onset to death is around 39 months, and only 4% survive longer than 10 years.
Physicist and author Stephen Hawking has lived with the disease for more than 50 years, though his case is unusual.
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