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Thank you for visiting our team'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!

On September 20th of this year, my family and I are participating in Walk ALS Georgia to raise awareness and money to support Georgians living with ALS.  In late 2022, my uncle Jim Pridgen was diagnosed with ALS and over the next several months we watched him fight and fight some more against the most unforgiving disease that I have ever seen.  My uncle was the finest man I have ever known and his legacy of love, spirit, and faith will last forever.  We are walking in this year's Walk ALS Georgia event to spotlight his, and so many others', brave battle against ALS.   

 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.

My uncle was like a father to me and he was there when I needed him the most.  I walk to bring awareness to his fight, his heart, and his spirit. In October of 2023, almost a year after his diagnosis, Jim Pridgen passed away from ALS with his amazing husband Art by his side, and surrounded by family and loved ones.   We walk to make sure my uncle and all the heroes who fought ALS know they are not forgotten and their legacy propels all of us to help find a 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!