ALS Double Play
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2015
- 1 min
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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