Learn about Our Chapter & Our Mission -to cure and treat ALS and to provide compassionate support to all affected by it.

Key Dates/Events  for November and December 2009

Annual ALS Remembrance Day - Saturday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment Center
Calvary Presbyterian Church’s Stewarts Chapel
Open for all who those anywhere who have lost someone to ALS.


National Family Caregiver Month Educational Webinar Series

  • Financial Planning, Tues, Nov. 17 at 12:00 a.m. ET / 9:00 p.m. PT
  • Care Connection, Weds. Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT
  • Anniversary Reactions, Tues, Nov. 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
  • Addtional information and sessions here

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The Greater Bay Area Chapter serves
24 Counties in Northern California
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Find your Care Manager and Support Groups

Find your Local ALSA Certified Center

Resources for People with ALS and their Loved Ones

Mind Based Stress Reduction Online Meditation Group

2009 Patient and Family Services Award


Learn how you can be a part
of an exciting, now award-winning program,
which is open to people with ALS, families, caregivers, friends, and healthcare providers.

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Support South Bay!
Help them reach their goal by 
October 31th!

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Follow Andrew's journey to raise awareness coast to coast!

Across the US in 70 days!

Logo-Ride to Defeat ALS
Pick Your Ride! 

 July 18- Central Coast Century
August 29- Reno Sommerset
September 19- Wine Country

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Find out more
about how YOU
can participate
in this exciting
public awareness campaign!

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The Greater Bay Area Chapter has launched the

Campaign for Care and A Cure 

You can play a pivotal role in improving the lives of
People with ALS and their families.
 


 


 

 

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From Award-Winning Windsor Vineyards

ART HELPING PATIENTS
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Patient Mike Bougher is donating the proceeds from his archival, signed (fingerprinted), giclee prints of his paintings to your Greater Bay Area Chapter! 

Every penny goes to the ALSA to pay for research and patient services.


Click here for more information and to buy your print now!





 


 

In The News

From The Greater Bay Area Chapter
Our October eNewsletter is available for download!

(Archived Versions of other issues are available)

In Local News
The Greater Bay Area Chapter's own Matt Chaney !

- From KQED/Quest
  "Emotions from the Inside Out"

 

- 12/26/07- Lamorinda Weekly
"The Naming of Chaney Field"
 

In National News

From ABC News.Com
Life and Death: Mother Copes With Disclosing her Illness

From Web MD
Angela Landsbury talks about ALS
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Certified Centers Deliver
Multidisciplinary Care

When people learn they have ALS, they want to get the best care possible from physicians and other healthcare professionals who are specialists in ALS. They want to find healthcare professionals committed to helping them maintain function and ensure them the highest possible quality of life.

That’s when The ALS Association’s Certified Centers Program can play a significant role in the lives of people with ALS. The ALS Association’s Certified Centers specialize in the management, care and support of people with ALS, expertise that makes it easier for people with the disease to cope successfully with ALS and live the highest quality of daily life.

The ALS Association’s Certified Centers provide multidisciplinary care at a single site, so that people with ALS and their families can see a wide range of experts at every visit. Rather than going from department to department or office to office over several days, patients receive well-organized consultations from a dedicated, centralized collaborative team representing the disciplines essential to their care. 

 

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