We're Making a Joyful Noise!

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to visit our home here on the internet. We've been working very hard to get everything set up. Please take this opportunity to learn more about ALS, and to sign up for our upcoming fundraising events. Visit our partners for more detailed information about ALS and how you can help today - ALS of Michigan and MDA.

About Our Founder, Tiffany Macias

Since her ALS diagnosis in 2007, Tiffany Macias has been busy setting up Make a Joyful Noise to benefit ALS research and support. ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells and gradually robs patients of their voluntary muscle control. This means that people with ALS can expect to become paralyzed, unable to speak, and eventually unable to breathe, typically causing death by respiratory failure. Life expectancy after diagnosis is 2 to 5 years. To learn more about ALS, visit this excellent article at Wikipedia.

Immediately after her diagnosis, Tiffany set out to raise public awareness of ALS and to raise funds to be used by ALS of Michigan and by the Muscular Dystrophy Association to combat this terrible disease. We are experiencing a unique time in the world of science today, which presents an opportunity to develop dramatic breakthroughs for ALS and other neuromuscular diseases.

Those of us here at Make a Joyful Noise would like to thank you for learning more about ALS. We very much like to share our sense of pride and wonder that brave people like Tiffany Macias still exist in today's world. Bless you for your support!

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