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ALS Double Play
Feb 32 min read
Embracing the Year of the Snake: A Year of Transformation and Hope
Transformation is coming in the year of the snake. We look forward to positive changes for ALS.
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ALS Double Play
Dec 19, 20192 min read
The end of a decade
As we come to the close of another decade, we have so much to look back on and be thankful for. It was the beginning of the decade in...
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ALS Double Play
Nov 25, 20192 min read
Meet our Friend Mark
This GivingTuesday we want to introduce you to our dear friend Mark Daher. Mark grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario and attended the same...
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ALS Double Play
Aug 13, 20192 min read
Make a BIG splash with us!
In 2014 the ALS Ice bucket challenge took the world by storm. It seemed as if, all of a sudden, people were dumping buckets of ice water...
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ALS Double Play
Oct 2, 20172 min read
Summer 2017
The summer of 2017 started and ended strong for ALS Double Play. We held our second annual Intentional Walk for ALS at the Markham Civic...
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ALS Double Play
Apr 12, 20172 min read
Gleason, Popcorn and ALS
On Thursday, March 30, 2017 we held our 3rd Annual Purple Carpet event with a screening of the documentary film, Gleason. While mother...
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ALS Double Play
Feb 13, 20173 min read
Who is Dr. McGoldrick?
We caught up with Dr. Philip McGoldrick, ALS Double Play's Fellow for the Christopher Chiu Fellowship for ALS Research at the University...
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Cherrie-Marie Chiu
Jan 27, 20171 min read
Designing Space for people living with ALS
Recently one of our friends, a teacher at Unionville High School, asked if she might include an ALS patient as a virtual client for her...
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ALS Double Play
Dec 9, 20162 min read
Christopher Chiu Fellowship at the University of Toronto
ALS Double Play was proud to present its first pledge payment to the University of Toronto for the Christopher Chiu Fellowship for ALS...
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ALS Double Play
Nov 3, 20161 min read
Once Met, Never Forgotten
Christopher Ian Chiu was quietly set free of his five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), on October 31, 2016. He was...
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ALS Double Play
Oct 12, 20161 min read
Exhale Hope for ALS yoga
On Saturday, October 1, ALS Double Play hosted its first 3 hour yoga event, Exhale Hope for ALS. Over 50 people participated in one, two...
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Cherrie-Marie Chiu
Aug 8, 20162 min read
2016 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Two years ago the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge swept the world. It was particularly meaningful to me because my brother had been diagnosed...
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Cherrie-Marie Chiu
Jun 13, 20162 min read
Intentional Walk 2016
ALS Double Play's first ever 5km walk, the Intentional Walk could not have been more perfect. On Saturday June 11, over 250 of our...
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Cherrie-Marie Chiu
Aug 15, 20151 min read
Let's Go Blue Jays
Saturday August 9, was one hot Saturday afternoon. We were strong in numbers, 50 family, friends and supporters in our purple ALS Double...
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