For the 6th time, I am running the 23rd Annual Harpoon 5-Miler, on Sunday, May 19th to raise pivotal funds for The Angel Fund and ALS Research in honor of my mother Patricia Hogan-Cerasuolo whose life was taken too soon from this terrible disease.

ALS is a progressive and ultimately fatal neurological disease that attacks the motor neurons in the brain, brain stem and spinal cord. The resulting motor neuron loss causes increasingly debilitating paralysis as the muscles of the body waste away. Death comes when victims lose critical functions such as the ability to swallow and ultimately, to breathe. ALS is particularly insidious because the intellect remains intact while ALS victims gradually lose the ability to control their muscles, to communicate, and eventually to breathe. There is no known cure for ALS, and death usually occurs in 2 to 5 years.

Please join me, Harpoon, The Angel Fund, and the entire Harpoon 5-Miler family as we raise much needed funds through this race for ALS research. Since 2002 we've been able to help raise $2.8 million, and every dollar brings us closer to a future where no one will need to lose a loved one to this devastating disease. We’re getting closer and closer to that future with each new mile.

This year we're aiming to hit the $3 Million mark of funds raised for The Angel Fund through the 5-Miler! Thank you for anything and everything that you can do for this incredible cause!