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The Angel Fund’s Annual “Walk of Hope for ALS” will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 in Wakefield, MA. The event is a family day with a 3.5-mile walk around Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield and begins with registration at 9 a.m. followed by the start of the walk at 11 a.m. Walkers of all abilities are encouraged to participate as individuals or as a team. The teams that raise over $1,000 will be entered into a drawing for a prize.

And, to help our walkers and teams raise as much money as possible, we’ve added a new feature to the Walk that enables donors to make their donations online through Firstgiving. Click  Walk of Hope for ALS Team Manual to see how you can sign up!

We encourage walkers to collect pledges.Please click Walk of Hope Brochure to read more about the Walk of Hope for ALS and you can download registration forms by clicking 2008-walk-of-hope-reg-form The first 500 walkers who register will receive a t-shirt.

Angel Fund President Rich Kennedy and the Board of Directors will welcome walkers at 10:45 am. The annual dove release will commence immediately following speeches. The Walkers will start their walk at 11:00 am.

The entertainment will include: The North Shore Corvettes, Defensive Edge Jujistu Studio, children’s rides and music by DJ Al Sablone. Refreshments will also be served.

Corporate Sponsorships are available. Please click -  Walk of Hope Brochure for further details.

Please call 781-245-7070 for more details.  We always welcome volunteers!!

Over 200 people attended The Angel Fund’s Annual Gala last week at Fenway Park.  The attendees toured Fenway Park and had a chance to have their photos taken with the World Series Trophies.

Rich Kennedy, President of The Angel Fund, welcomed members of the International Symposium that were in attendance at the Gala. The symposium was held in Boston and  designed to consider and critique new hypotheses for sporadic neurodegeneration. The Angel Fund was a co-sponsor of the symposium.

Special awards were presented to individuals who have supported The Angel Fund. The Angel Award recipients who were honored were: Dr. Daryl Bosco, co-chairman of  the symposium; Dan Rogers and Patrick Reilly, Directors of the Chipmunk Race; the Sharon Timlin Memorial Road Race Committee and the Courage Award went to Jim Daly.

One of the highlights of the evening was the unveiling of the H.O.P.E. for ALS - Helping Our Parents Erase ALS - childrens’ art project. The project, created by artist Lainey Hunter, featured 10 original paintings created by children. The children painted glass windows each with their own theme. Mike Timlin also created a painting . All of the children’s artwork (and Mike’s) was auctioned at the Gala.

The 5th annual Sharon Timlin Road Race to Cure ALS was a great success. Over 1400 runners participated in the 5K road race with many other family member joining in for the family fund day. Red Sox players, once agian, supported Mike Timlin and his family by signing autographs for their fans.

Roche Bros. Supermarkets, the major sponsor of the race, presented Mike and Dawn Timlin with a check for $45,000 in support of the race. The race is hosted by the Hopkinton Running Club and is held in memory of Mike Timlin’s mother Sharon who passed away from ALS in 2002.

Scores of runners and walkers participated in the 11^th Annual Jimmy Kennedy Memorial Run for ALS, (the Squirrel Run XI), a 5-mile run, 2.5-mile fitness walk and family fun day held recently in Quincy. The event is held in memory of Jimmy “Squirrel” Kennedy who lost his courageous battle with ALS, a disease better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, in 1997 at the age of 31. Proceeds from the Squirrel Run benefit The Angel Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding ALS research at the Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Angel Fund President Rich Kennedy (right) welcomed Quincy Mayor Koch (left) who brought greetings from the city and former BC High football Coach Jim Cotter (center) who was the official race starter.

The 7th Annual Harpoon Brewery 5 Miler was a great success. 1,500 runners and 200 volunteers particpated in the annual race. This year the Harpoon Brewery presented The Angel Fund with a check for $62,800. Harpoon has contributed over $200,000 to Angel Fund over the past seven years.

This year’s tournament has a new championship venue in Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover, Massachusetts.New for 2008, the tournament will begin with a 1:00 PM shotgun start.  This is one of the area’s premiere private country club facilities and has hosted the NEPGA qualifiers.  It will be a fun day of golf as well as a true test of golf for all skill levels.

For those businesses or individuals who wish to showcase their company or cause, this year’s tournament offers many sponsorship opportunities. For further information please go to www.kaysandersgolf.com or call Chris Sanders at 978-857-5849.

The 6th Annual Kay Sanders Memorial Golf Tournament will raise funds to benefit the Angel Fund supporting Dr. Robert H. Brown’s ALS Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kay Sanders was a much-loved and respected wife, mother and grandmother, who died from this dreadful disease on July 3rd, 1994. Her Grandson Chris Sanders, started this tournament in her name to raise funds for ALS research.