Help The Co-op Fight ALS - 20% of Sales to Support ALS Association

Our Health Co-op will be donating 20% of all sales Thursday May 29, 2008 and Friday May 30, 2008 to the ALS Association.

So, here’s your chance to help ALS sufferers at no extra cost to you! In fact, we're offering free shipping if you order in support of ALS.

Why the ALS Association you ask?

Turns out Stephen’s wife Kelly lost a colleague to ALS and has been supporting the ALS Association ever since.

Here in Kelly’s words:

“In 2003, one of my co-workers, Tina Rodriguez, was diagnosed with ALS. My employer, knowing that I was committed to volunteerism, asked me to create a walk team for the upcoming Walk to D'Feet ALS in Jupiter, FL. I readily agreed. I was so touched by the people I met and that I have continued to support the walk every year since. Tina has since passed away, but my commitment to ALS remains steadfast.

I've been an avid pageant competitor during the last several years and have had the opportunity to hold several local, state, and national titles. I have enjoyed using my title to help spread the message of raising funds to find a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease. I've stuffed walker packets, attended kick-off events, sold bracelets and raffle tickets at Roger Dean Stadium, and recruited volunteers at the college where I work.

I know that someone's dollar will find a cure. My goal is to raise as many dollars as possible until we reach that goal. Each year that I participate in the walk, I see people living with ALS whose disease has progressed since the previous year and it breaks my heart. At some point those friends aren't at the next walk, and their friends and families walk in their memory. Please join me in raising money to find a cure. My friends need your help!”

 

ALS – FAST FACTS ABOUT A FATAL DISEASE

If you’re not familiar with the treacherous ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, it is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe.

• The life expectancy of a person with ALS averages two to five years from the time of diagnosis.

• Every 90 minutes a person is diagnosed with ALS, and every 90 minutes another person dies of ALS.

• ALS can strike anyone at anytime. The disease knows no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries.

Your Donations Support:

• Cutting-edge research

• Multidisciplinary ALS centers

• Patient education programs

• Counseling and support groups

• Transportation programs

• Equipment loan programs

• Augmentative communications programs

• Local and nationally-directed advocacy programs

"Strike Out ALS" Wristbands Available through OHC

Another way to support the fight against ALS is to purchase a "Strike Out ALS" wristband. 100% of your donation goes to the ALS Association, and even cheapskates can help out as they're only $1 a piece!

Order your "Strike Out ALS" wristband. 

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How Safe is Your Sweetener?

Know aspartame isn't the answer, but don't know where to turn to satisfy your sweet tooth? Dr. Rodier reviews artificial and natural sweeteners for their pros and cons to your health and taste-buds.

This blog even has Stephen curbing his Diet Coke habits. Check it out!

Diet Soda also Makes You Gain Weight - A Lesson in Sweeteners

"Soda pop is truly an addiction in this country. Many will violently object to my use of the word “addiction,” which I take as proof I am barking up the right tree. The purveyors of this poison have convinced people that “diet pop,” sweetened with artificial molecules is not associated with weight gain.

Well, they have been lying all along, a fact that has been discussed in many publications, but none as reputable as the recent article in the JAMA, May 14th, 2008, page 2137."