The ALS Hope Foundation was founded in 1999 by Terry Heiman-Patterson, MD, and Jeffrey Deitch, PhD. The ALS Hope Foundation provides funding for the MDA/ALS Center of Hope at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, one of the first multidisciplinary ALS clinics in the country (started at Hahnemann Hospital in 1984), and the Dr. Robert Sinnott Research Lab at Temple University.

The mission of the ALS Hope Foundation is to provide long-term support to:

1. clinical centers of excellence for the care and treatment of people with ALS,

2. programs for people with ALS and their caregivers that optimize care and promote independence, and

3. programs that promote education about diagnosis, treatment, and care.

4. clinical and basic research programs leading to improved care and a cure.

This much needed support is generated through fundraisers and private donations.

We are honored to have spent more than 25 years serving the ALS community and are committed to continuing our work until there is a cure.