Thank you all for your prayers and the opportunity to go to Washington DC. We had a great time, and got to meet with Rep. Cathy McMorris,Rep. Norm Dicks, Sen Maria Cantwell in person. We also talked to the chief of staff of Rep. Doc Hastings and Sen. Patty Murray. The ALS Evergreen chapter sent Phillip Gansereit and myself, joining us and paying his own way was my longtime friend and co-worker, Rick Lockard. We spent four days in DC meeting and getting ready to address our reprehensive and Congressman, asking them to endorse the 5 million dollar bill to make a registry for persons with ALS. We also asked for a bill to be passed(HR5454) in the House of Rep. which would make possible for veterans of military service to receive government benefits once diagnosed with ALS regardless of time of duty or amount of time served.(The current government assistance offered only includes those diagnosed with ALS within one year of discharge.) This is also interesting considering that U.S. veterans regardless of type of service(overseas or national) are twice as likely to contract ALS than the average American citizen. Being in Washington and seeing those that live with, and those effected by this disease brought sincere hope, and faith that there is a cure, and that others too share our belief. ALS advocates across the U.S. do truly believe that..."there is a cure, we just haven't found it yet!" The entire Gansereit family thanks you for your support and prayer, and your constant efforts in helping fight ALS.


Guy and Phil Gansereit and Family


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