Join my Team & the ALS Association in our Walk to Defeat ALS

Register for the Orange County Walk to Defeat ALS®
On 10/21/2012, join hundreds of others in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease. As you know, there are an infinite number of reasons to participate and you likely have your own personal reason that motivated you to walk in the past. This year, in light of new ALS research discoveries, there are 5 important reasons why we need your support. Join us today!
5 Reasons to Walk to Defeat ALS:

1. Thanks to the success of the last few annual Walks, the Golden West Chapter has been able to increase services provided to the families affected ALS! Donations raised by walkers each year make it possible to care for those living with ALS and support multi-disciplinary clinics.
   
2. Today, we are closer to a cure than ever before! Dollars raised by last year’s walk were used to make giant strides in ALS research. Now, we have a clearer understanding of how the disease works, how future treatments will help and how to end it once and for all.
   
3. Tomorrow, 16 people in the US will be diagnosed with ALS. The next day, about 16 more people will get similar news and roughly another 16 the day after that. EVERY DAY, an average of 16 people are diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease in the United States.  
   
4. Military veterans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. By signing up for Walk to Defeat ALS, you’ll help decrease this risk for our nation’s bravest men and women.
   
5. ALS is one of the worst diseases of modern times. As a community we must increase public awareness of its atrocities and the urgency to find a treatment and cure.
   

Supporters like you often have their own personal reasons for participating in the Walk to Defeat ALS. And this year, we’ve made it easy to share those stories with your fellow walkers, other ALS supporters and your potential donors.
Once registered, each walker will receive a unique online toolkit to help spread awareness and share your experience with ALS. Now, YOUR reason for participating can motivate others to get involved too!

 Join the Fighting Irish - Team Doran

 

I'm getting married!

Hello to anyone who reads this!  I just wanted to announce out there that I am officially engaged to be married to the love of my life!  We have been dating for 2 1/2 years and I have pretty much loved him ever since the day we met.  He has been there for me through finishing my last year of college and being there at my graduation (8 years of college in the making...yes, I took my time) to holding me near when my father passed away from ALS December 28th, 2009.  He has been there for me through thick and thin and I am so thankful he is mine and that he loves me so.

So, he proposed to me while standing on a balcony near the beach, watching the rain pour down below and the poor valet drivers getting soaked as they parked customers' cars.  He asked me so calmly, "so, do you want to spend forever with me?"  Seeing how this isn't the first time we've discussed, "forever", I said, "yeah! duh!" and gave him a big kiss.  As turned to look out at the rain, I turned back and he got down on one knee and opened a box with a big shiny ring!  I don't know what exactly he said due to my state of shock, but he did ask me to be his wife.  I said yes a bunch, I even cried a lot.  Then following the engagement we took a gondola ride around Newport Harbor in the pouring rain.  it was perfect.

That being said, weddings cost an arm and a leg!  I would love to offer to anyone out there to donate money to cause!  I will be periodically posting updates on my planning process as well as the crafts I've been making in the mean time.  You can find me on PayPal under the email melaniedoran@gmail.com.  Any amount you can donate would be wonderful!  I'll gladly accept anything you can offer from $5 to $500, your choice!  :)  My fiancée and I will be thrilled to see deposits!

Thanks for reading and I hope you keep on coming back!