ALS Walk at the Zoo Tomorrow!

ALS also knows at Lou Gehrig's Disease is a degenerative neurological disorder that is fatal.  As many as 30,000 people in the United States have this disease at one time.  The disease is most common in people between the ages of 40-70.  It has affected thousands of people including celebrities like Lou Gehrig. 

The 11th Annual Walk to Defeat ALS will be held at the Pittsburgh Zoo this Saturday.  This one mile walk around the zoo helps raise money and awareness for this fatal disease.  Anyone can participate in the walk, and you get free admission to the zoo with participation in the walk. 


The 11th annual Walk to Defeat ALS event at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will be held Saturday. The walk is less than a mile through the zoo to help raise money for research into the cause and cure of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating and fatal neuromuscular disease. Open to the public, registration starts at 7 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. For more information, call 1-800-967-9296 or visit www.cure4als.org.

Read more at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.