Strike Out! ALS Celebrity Benefit - May 11th, 2006
Chapter will host the Strike Out! ALS Celebrity Benefit on Thursday, May 11th, 2006, from 5:30 until 8:30 PM at the Terrace Club at Jacobs Field.
The event includes cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. The event is co-hosted by WKYC Health Reporter Monica Robins and Cleveland personalities Brad Sussman and Larry Morrow.
On hand will be more than 120 items to auction, including a week on the Las Vegas Strip, autographed sports memorabilia, custom-designed jewelry, a Casino Getaway, unique artwork, golf packages at area country clubs, museum family memberships, sporting event tickets and much more.
The benefit is a major fundraiser for the Northern Ohio ALS Association chapter, netting nearly $600,000 over the last six years.
"The majority of funds raised at the event go towards assisting individuals with ALS in the Northern Ohio area, which spans from Ohio east to west, north of Columbus," says ALS Association President and CEO Sherrill Ann Moyer. "At the same time, the Strike Out! ALS event offers our Chapter the chance to share the progress we've made in the last year as well as the challenges we face ahead, which of course includes finding a cure for ALS."
The Benefit's tie to baseball is well-suited, as the disease's first famous victim was baseball great Lou Gehrig. Nicknamed "the Iron Horse" for his resilient and exceptional performance during the 1920s and 1930s, the Northern Ohio Chapter continues Gehrig's legacy with the annual Iron Horse Award.
This year's Iron Horse winner is former Tribe center fielder Rick Manning. Manning began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the number one selection in the 1972 draft. He spent the first eight and a half years of his 13-year major league career in Cleveland.
Manning won the Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess and was also selected as the BBWAA "Good Guy" award winner for the 1980 season. He concluded his career with the Milwaukee Brewers wrapping up 1,555 games in major league baseball. Manning enters his 16th season of calling Cleveland Indians home games, this year on Sports Time Ohio. Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Chesterland, Ohio. He has two children, Kyle and Jessica, and two grandchildren.
The Northern Ohio ALS Association is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the fatal illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A degenerative neuromuscular disease that strikes more than 5,500 people in the United States annually, current estimates indicate there are between 400 and 500
individuals in the Northern Ohio region that are fighting this disease. ALS has no known cause, effective treatment, or cure; it robs victims of voluntary muscle control until the simple act of breathing becomes impossible.
Tickets are $100 to $150 and can be purchased through the Northern Ohio Chapter. For more information, call 216-592-2572 or visit http://www.alsaohio.org.
The event includes cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. The event is co-hosted by WKYC Health Reporter Monica Robins and Cleveland personalities Brad Sussman and Larry Morrow.
On hand will be more than 120 items to auction, including a week on the Las Vegas Strip, autographed sports memorabilia, custom-designed jewelry, a Casino Getaway, unique artwork, golf packages at area country clubs, museum family memberships, sporting event tickets and much more.
The benefit is a major fundraiser for the Northern Ohio ALS Association chapter, netting nearly $600,000 over the last six years.
"The majority of funds raised at the event go towards assisting individuals with ALS in the Northern Ohio area, which spans from Ohio east to west, north of Columbus," says ALS Association President and CEO Sherrill Ann Moyer. "At the same time, the Strike Out! ALS event offers our Chapter the chance to share the progress we've made in the last year as well as the challenges we face ahead, which of course includes finding a cure for ALS."
The Benefit's tie to baseball is well-suited, as the disease's first famous victim was baseball great Lou Gehrig. Nicknamed "the Iron Horse" for his resilient and exceptional performance during the 1920s and 1930s, the Northern Ohio Chapter continues Gehrig's legacy with the annual Iron Horse Award.
This year's Iron Horse winner is former Tribe center fielder Rick Manning. Manning began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the number one selection in the 1972 draft. He spent the first eight and a half years of his 13-year major league career in Cleveland.
Manning won the Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess and was also selected as the BBWAA "Good Guy" award winner for the 1980 season. He concluded his career with the Milwaukee Brewers wrapping up 1,555 games in major league baseball. Manning enters his 16th season of calling Cleveland Indians home games, this year on Sports Time Ohio. Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Chesterland, Ohio. He has two children, Kyle and Jessica, and two grandchildren.
The Northern Ohio ALS Association is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the fatal illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A degenerative neuromuscular disease that strikes more than 5,500 people in the United States annually, current estimates indicate there are between 400 and 500
individuals in the Northern Ohio region that are fighting this disease. ALS has no known cause, effective treatment, or cure; it robs victims of voluntary muscle control until the simple act of breathing becomes impossible.
Tickets are $100 to $150 and can be purchased through the Northern Ohio Chapter. For more information, call 216-592-2572 or visit http://www.alsaohio.org.
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