Beckie Cooper, the first executive director to date of The ALS Association Keith Worthington Chapter, retired at the end of 2013, after 26 years of devoted service.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Conn, M.D. was a dedicated friend, family patriarch and physician who practiced medicine for 50 years. Bob was diagnosed with ALS in December 2009 and died on August 6, 2011. As a physician who was concerned and loved to care for others, Bob passed the torch and came to rely heavily on the compassion of the caregivers of the Keith Worthington Chapter of the ALS Association. Knowing the peace and comfort of his final months were in large part because of the contributions of the ALS Association, Bob desired a fund be created that specifically focused on providing care to those afflicted by ALS especially compassionate care. Just as treating a person with ALS is a team effort, so is raising awareness and funds to care for others. Please join us in providing funds and resources to those who are in desperate need of compassionate care.
Randy was a man with heart and courage as he confronted his brief eighteenth month journey with ALS. While our family is so proud of how he faced the incomprehensible challenges and losses from ALS we also want others to know and remember the man Randy was before ALS entered the scene, the man ALS was powerless to destroy.
Our Mom had a natural determination in her that she developed at a very young age. She had a tough childhood that included losing her Mother prior to the age of 10, then living part-time with a Father who was stressfully dealing with raising Five Daughters and a young Son. With the guidance of her Sisters and Brother, along with living with Aunt Dot and Uncle Bernard, she was determined to take the negatives that life had thrown at her during her youth and turn them into positive situations.
A proposed new Department of Transportation (DOT) rule, spearheaded by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, aims to address the issue of air travel for passengers who rely on wheelchairs, including people living with ALS.