Young Faces of Als Campaign to Surpass Half-Way Point with Three Appearances This Week

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Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners Welcome Campaign Ambassadors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Young Faces of ALS (YFALS) Campaign (http://www.facebook.com/ YoungFacesOfALS) raises awareness of ALS and those diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease at a young age. Starting today, the campaign will make stops at Major League Baseball ballparks in Milwaukee, Atlanta and Seattle. YFALS was launched earlier this year (by the ALS Therapy Development Institute) with the goal of creating a greater understanding of ALS and the fact that it can strike anyone at any stage of life. All Campaign Ambassadors were diagnosed with ALS before age 30.

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Young Faces of Als Campaign to Surpass Half-Way Point with Three Appearances This Week

The first event will take place today, as the YFALS team visits Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Kristen Sauer, a self- described "Brewer fanatic," was diagnosed with ALS on the same day that she found out that she was pregnant. That was in 2001 when she was 24 years old. "I was just beginning a new...

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