Upcoming Eventsl Ride for Life Ride for Life will be making their 9th annual Ride this year beginning Friday, April 28th in Manhattan ending on Sunday, May 7th in Montauk, Long Island. Each year, the Ride makes an annual donation of $5,000 to the Columbia ALS Clinic. This year the Ride research committee headed by patient Norma Steck-Hess, a Columbia clinic patient, funded a $25,000 grant to Dr. Gordon in support of a new combination drug clinical trial in ALS. Golf for Life The Second Annual “Golf for Life” Outing is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 5, 2006 at the Rockaway River Country Club in Denville, New Jersey. This very special event organized by the family of Carol Spina, raised over $200,000 last year with a fantastic day of golf, followed by a cocktail hour, dinner, and Silent Auction. All of the proceeds go directly to the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Research Center. MDA’s Wings Over Wall Street The Muscular Dystrophy Association is the world leader among voluntary agencies in fighting ALS. M D A’s ALS Division offers the most comprehensive range of services of any voluntary health agency in the nation, and leads the search for a treatment or cure through its aggressive, worldwide research program.The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has spent over $170 million to combat ALS, and is committed to continuing their mission to conduct a global scientific search for a cure. For more information about MDA’s ALS initiative, please visit www.als.mdausa.org M D A’s Wings Over Wall Street® is a celebration of hope for a cure that raises awareness and much needed research dollars in the battle to stop ALS. A cocktail reception attended by over 1,000 supporters, MDA’s Wings Over Wall Street® will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 from 5:30- 9:00pm in New York at the Marriott Marquis. M D A’s Wings Over Wall Street® benefits the research teams of Hiroshi Mitsumoto, M.D., of the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Research Center at Columbia University, and Jeffrey Rothstein, M.D., of the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. For more information on this event www.wingsoverwallstreet.com