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 October 2011 that our first President and Inspiration, Christopher Chiu was diagnosed with the horrible disease ALS. Christopher and his family were in shock, in disbelief, and overwhelmed, to say the least. However, the more the family learned about the disease, and as Christopher’s family and friends began to fundraise for the d

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 over themselves. And they were challenging you to do it too, as well as donate money to ALS. The ALS ice bucket challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to comply or f

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 Centre on Saturday, June 10. It was another beautiful day, attended by a couple hundred of our friends. We walked a round around a sign lined route at the Civic Centre - ensuring that people noticed the crowd and the cause! From July 14 to 16 we were pleased to participate in Power Unit Youth Organization's annual Night It Up night market.

On Thursday, March 30, 2017 we held our 3rd Annual Purple Carpet event with a screening of the documentary film, Gleason. While mother nature wasn't our very best friend that night (she provided some snow, freezing rain and sleet), we have friends who made the trek and enjoyed a life changing film with us. We heard from the Christopher Chiu Fellow, Dr. Philip McGoldrick about the importance of ALS research, then a short message from Markham's Mayor Frank Scarpitti, before we

We caught up with Dr. Philip McGoldrick, ALS Double Play's Fellow for the Christopher Chiu Fellowship for ALS Research at the University of Toronto. Over the next three years, ALS Double Play will fund the ALS research that Dr. McGoldrick will be working on. From his favourite place in the world, to the best meal he's ever had, to where he feels ALS research is going, learn more below! Name: Dr. Philip McGoldrick Hometown: Stockport/Manchester, UK Undergraduate School: Univer

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 friends, family, supporters and new friends, converged at the Markham Civic Centre grounds. The previous night and and early morning gave us a scare with wild thunder storms, with all the hard work our co-chairs had put in, the last thing we wanted was for our first walk to be a wash! Mother Nature came through for us and we had a spectacular day!