More than 2,500 people participated in the ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapterís Walk to Defeat ALS on Oct. 1 at Sloan Lake in Denver. The family of Leonore Misner, a long-time Falcon Exchange Club member and resident, who has been diagnosed with ALS, teamed up to participate in the walk. They all wore T-shirts with the words ìTeam Grammy,î made by Deanna Mahone and Tierney Emery. The Exchange Club of Falcon helped out Leonoreís Team Grammy with a donation of $1,000, and Falcon Swirly Cow donated $220 to the cause.As of Oct. 16, the ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter Oct. 1 walk had raised $338,260. Coming in third among top fundraising teams was a Colorado Springs group, the Spirit of the Springs. Leonore Misner was listed No. 4 on the list of top individual participants. Leonore raised more than $4,300.ALS ((Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. About 6,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS each year, according to the ALS Association; an estimated 20,000-plus Americans could be living with ALS at any given time.
