AURORA — On Monday, the Ralston Valley tennis program challenged the CHSAA staff to complete the Ice Bucket Challenge, which seeks to raise awareness for ALS research.
We accepted, along with Northglenn tennis coach and CHSAA tennis committee chair Diane Wolverton, who was also challenged.
Since the start of the Ice Bucket Challenge in late July, the ALS Association has raised $31.5 million, coming from 637,527 new donors, as well as existing donors. Often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS is a neurodegenerative disease which affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
Please join the CHSAA staff in making a donation to the ALS Association at alsa.org/donate.
From the ALS Association’s website:
The ALS Association’s mission includes providing care services to assist people with ALS and their families through a network of chapters working in communities across the nation and a global research program focused on the discovery of treatments and eventually a cure for the disease. In addition, The Association’s public policy efforts empower people to advance public policies in our nation’s Capital that respond to the needs of people with ALS.
In accepting this challenge, the CHSAA staff and Wolverton challenges CHSAA board president Curt Wilson, Adams 12 district athletic director Eddie Hartnett, and the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.