Congrats to Kappa Delta Chi sister and Army soldier, Lisa Corella originally from Delta Chapter who is newly engaged and is participating in the ALS walk on 17 Oct in Baltimore, MD. If you'd like to support her participation in the walk, please visit:http://fightals.alsinfo.org/goto/lisa
Lisa is currently stationed at Ft. Meade and resides in Laurel, MD. Here is additional information on the cause she's supporting...

ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, attacks and kills the nerve cells which control muscle movement (motor neurons). Over time, people with Lou Gehrig’s Disease lose the ability to move, to speak, to swallow and finally to breathe. Patients in the later stages of Lou Gehrig’s Disease are completely paralyzed; yet their minds are generally not impaired and often remains sharp despite the progressive degenerating condition of the body.

Over 5,000 people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease each year (about 15 new cases a day), about the same rate as multiple sclerosis. As many as 30,000 Americans have Lou Gehrig’s Disease at any given time and the disease most often strikes between the ages of 40 and 70. Lou Gehrig’s Disease occurs throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries. Recent studies have shown that military veterans are more likely to develop Lou Gehrig’s Disease, although the reasons for this are not yet known.

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