When longtime Pleasanton resident and guitar luthier George Bowen was diagnosed with ALS last year, he said he couldn t just give up he needed to use his years of connections to continue the fight toward finding a cure.
Nashville recording artists James Otto and Jason Blaine will headline a âCountry Fest to Cure ALSâ concert at the Wente Vineyards in Livermore on Saturday, Sept. 10.
The concert is one of three to be presented across Northern California this summer by the ALS Cure Project to raise money for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and fatal neurological disorder, also known as Lou Gehrigâs Disease for the former New York Yankee.
The ALS Cure Project was founded in 2019 by Mike Piscotty, an information technology project manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and his son, Stephen, a graduate of Amador Valley High School and now an outfielder with the Oakland Aâs, in honor of wife and mother, Gretchen, who died of ALS three years ago.
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Lou Gehrig, the man who was once a permanent fixture in the New York Yankees lineup, now has a permanent place on the Major League calendar.
June 2 will hereby be known as “Lou Gehrig Day,” Major League Baseball announced Thursday. The annual, league-wide event will be a time not only to honor and celebrate the legacy of the Hall of Fame first baseman but to raise awareness and funds to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the awful disease that ended Gehrig’s life and informally bears his name.
“Major League Baseball is thrilled to celebrate the legacy of Lou Gehrig, whose humility and courage continue to inspire our society,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “While ALS has been closely identified with our game since Lou’s legendary career, the pressing need to find a cure remains. We look forward to honoring all the individuals and families, in baseball and beyond, who have been affected by ALS and hope Lou Gehrig Day advance