Soaking for a Good Cause, Challenges Issued

The ALS fundraiser that’s sweeping the nation has hit Dunwoody.

Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis, Police Chief Billy Grogan and members of the Dunwoody Police Department took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge last week.

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a fatal disease that affects the nervous system.

As of Tuesday, Sept. 2, the ALS Association has received $106 million in donations compared to $2.5 million between July 29 to August 25 of 2013. These donations have come from existing donors and 2.1 million new donors to The Association.

Local officials also posed a challenge to the Sandy Springs Police Department and Marietta Police Department to take the challenge, as well as Johns Creek City Manager Warren Hutmacher, formerly of Dunwoody.

The ALS Association’s mission includes providing care services to assist people with ALS and their families through a network of chapters working in communities across the nation and a global research program focused on the discovery of treatments and eventually a cure for the disease. In addition, The Association’s public policy efforts empower people to advance public policies in our nation’s Capital that respond to the needs of people with ALS.

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(Photo: Dunwoody Police take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge)