Superintendent Caulk takes the ice bucket challenge on first day of school, 2014.
In just one month, from July 29 to August 29, this national social media craze raised over $100 million from more than three million donors for the ALS Association, a nonprofit fighting Lou Gehrig’s disease. Participants agree to have a bucket of ice dumped on their heads, post footage of it on Facebook, and then challenge others to participate.
Teacher of the Year Karen MacDonald took the challenge earlier this summer, and publicly challenged Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk and Kathleen Casasa, former president of the Portland Education Association, to do the same.
Caulk made his ALS donation in honor of the late Nan Urban, a social worker at Deering High School for nearly 25 years, who died of ALS in 2009.
Casasa challenged the new leaders of the Portland Education Association. They are Sue Olafsen, president, Kevin Brewster, vice president, and Carrie Foster, secretary.
The money raised will be used to fund research and care for patients. ALS is a disorder that affects the function of nerves and muscles. According to the ALS Association as many as 30,000 Americas have the disease at any given time. There are 15 new cases of ALS every day in America.
4 Comments
Laurah Quayle
Hope this is allowed here if not I understand. My husband was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) when he was 63 years old 4 years ago. The Rilutek (riluzole) did very little to help him. The medical team did even less. His decline was rapid and devastating. His arms weakened first, then his hands and legs. He resorted to a wheelchair (Perbombil C300). A year ago, I began to do a lot of research and came across Health Herbs Clinic, I decided to start him on the ALS herbal protocol as I had nothing else to turn to; 2 months into treatment he improved dramatically. At the end of the full treatment course, the disease is totally under control. No case of dementia, hallucination, weakness, muscle pain and he is even learning to Walk again. visit www healthherbsclinic c o m
Veronica McKall
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Veronica McKall
My grandma has Lou Gehrig’s disease, she is about 75 years old it was diagnosed 2 years ago. Right now it’s getting more difficult to live for her, because of stiff muscles she can’t even move. Riluzole and Edaravone medicines are given, but won”t give much relief. She can”t eat food without choking. I thought this might be the last stage and the medications she was given did not help at all, so I started to do alot of research on natural treatments, I was introduced to Health Natural Centre and their ALS Herbal Protocol. She started on the ALS/MND Treatment last year, her symptoms gradually diminished including her vocal cord spasm, Body Weakness and Difficulty with swallowing. Reach them at healthnaturalcentre . org , She is getting active again since starting this treatment, she is able to walk again ( down the street and back )she have also resumed exercising to strengthen muscles!! God Bless all ALS Caregivers. Stay Strong, take small moments throughout the day to thank yourself, to love your self, and pray to whatever faith, star, spiritual force you believe in and ask for strength. I can personally vouch for these remedy but you would probably need to decide what works best for you.
Amy Larder
I stopped most of my ALS medications due to severe side effects and I started on herbal treatments from Natural Herbs Centre (naturalherbscentre. com), the treatment has made a very huge difference for me. My symptoms including body weakness and Swallowing difficulties disappeared after few months on the treatment. I am getting active again since starting this treatment. I no longer use a feeding tube