Praise for ALSAZ

Tasha asked me to share this email she sent to the CEO of ALSAZ. Just a glimpse of how helpful this organization has been. If you haven't already please donate to our walk team because transportation and loaner chair they were going to provide us is also funded primarily by the money raised for the walk.Even if you can only donate $10 to $20 every little bit helps! Here is a link to her Arizona Walk To Defeat ALS page: http://web.alsa.org/site/TR?px=1946291&fr_id=5752&pg=personal

Hi Ken

I just wanted to share briefly with you an experience we had this afternoon. We had to take my chair to United Seating and Mobility for some unexpected repairs. When we got there we were told that they would need to keep my chair and provide us a loaner chair, but we had no way of getting me home because our van does not have tie downs, only the easy lock. United Seating and Mobility didn't seem too sympathetic to our situation so our first call was to the ALS Association, and luckily, Kim answered the phone. Within 10 minutes, Kim had spoken to the transportation group you contract with and they called Bob directly to arrange a ride home for me. At this point, US&M said that they would provide a temporary fix to my chair since that would be faster than their building a loaner. When Bob relayed this to the transportation company, they assured Bob that they could get us a loaner chair and get me home. In the end, US&M got approval from Permobil to take the necessary parts to fix my chair from a new chair, so we didn't need the transportation or a loaner chair after all. Kim knew I was particularly stressed because we leave Friday morning for a family vacation at the beach. She assured us, that regardless, she would get something for us so our vacation would not be impacted.

This is just another example of how great ALSAZ is and how lucky we are to have your support. I know you already know this, but we think Kim is just the best and she has been a huge asset to me and my family. Thanks so much to you and your fantastic team!

Tasha