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2024 YEAR-END APPEAL

When lives are on the line

Bryan Szymczak by fire truck

For 26 years, Bryan Szymczak fought fires in cities across Illinois, until an ALS diagnosis forced him into early retirement. He was shocked. And, with the courage of a first responder, he decided to face it head-on.

“As soon as I was diagnosed, I wanted to get on clinical trials,” says Bryan. “It’s the only hope that people with the disease have. It might help me slow the progression for a couple years. But hopefully it helps researchers know what’s working for the next guy.”

This holiday season, your gift to the Les Turner ALS Foundation will increase access to clinical trials for people living with ALS like Bryan – and you’ll create hope for better treatments, longer lives, and a world free of ALS.

Your gift also allows us to support families like Bryan's at no cost with care coordination meetings, support groups, grants and equipment loans, and much more. With backgrounds in fields like nursing, counseling, social work, and speech-language pathology, our team is there every step of the way.

Bryan Szymczak and daughters.jpg Bryan and his family are grateful for your support, and determined to help other families who are diagnosed with ALS.

“It’s the experience we’ve had with Les Turner,” says Bryan. “We want to give as much as we can to helping the next person and help fund research, so maybe in two or three or four years from now, people can live with the disease and not have to worry.”

In this season of giving, please make a donation to support ALS care and research at the Les Turner ALS Foundation. Let’s step up for first responders like Bryan and families living with ALS throughout our community. Because when lives are on the line, they don’t hesitate – and neither do we.

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