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Thank you for visiting Team Shy Tuna's Walk ALS Georgia fundraising page. We are looking forward to walking united for a cure on Walk Day and hope you will join us. If you want to walk with us – or support a team member who is walking – you are in the right place!

We are walking in memory of Mickey "Shy Tuna" Johnston. Mickey lived with ALS for 9 years with a slow progression, and never let it hold him back.  He was a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and friend who was always ready to go to a concert at the drop of a hat. Mickey never met a stranger and loved spreading joy across the ALS community. He was able to touch so many lives by establishing the Shy-Dye Love Ministry, where he sent tie-dye shirts to over 750 people who lived with ALS all over the world. Team Shy Tuna is ready to continue on Mickey's legacy of fundraising and advocating for ALS awareness. 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease that slowly robs a person of the ability to walk, speak, swallow, and breathe. It can strike anyone and, although there has been a lot of advancements in ALS research, we still don’t know what causes it. An ALS diagnosis is fatal because there is no cure.

Every 90 minutes. That’s how often someone learns they’ve been diagnosed with ALS. In that moment, their life is changed forever. And from that moment on, they are left to navigate an unknown future - a future living with ALS. 

Every 90 minutes. That’s how often someone living with ALS loses his battle because there is no cure for this disease.

We are walking so Georgians living with ALS can get the support they need to live a full life post-diagnosis. It costs on average $250,000 a year to provide the care people living with ALS and their families need. Walk ALS Georgia raises money to provide local care services like direct financial support, respite care, transportation services, and equipment loans to help alleviate that cost for families in Georgia.

We are also walking to support research efforts into treatments and a cure so that an ALS diagnosis is not fatal. Until that day, we will walk on. Join us on Team Shy Tuna!