Who

My name is Daniel Tracy and in May of 2010, I was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease). ALS is a serious neurological disease that causes muscle weakness, disability and quickly affects your ability to control the muscles needed to move, speak, eat and breathe causing death as doctors don’t yet know why it occurs or how to successfully treat it. It is estimated that people with ALS will require $250,000-$350,000 a year beyond the second year of diagnosis to prolong their survival time. It is for this reason that after several successful fundraisers, with the help of dozens of volunteers, I am in the process of planning another bigger and better one for Sunday, October 6th, all from a small desk inside my room at a nursing home, despite not being able to talk or move much.