Ride For Life

About

Ride for Life, Inc. is an not-for-profit corporation founded in 1998 by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, caregivers and those who care about people living with ALS. All of our board members are volunteers and receive no money for their work.

We are called "Ride for Life" because of our annual event in which ALS patients ride their electric wheelchairs down the highways and byways to raise funds for a cure and create awareness for their plight. During the past 6 years, ALS patients rode their wheelchairs from Yankee Stadium to Washington D.C., and from Montauk Point (the tip of Long Island) to Manhattan and helped to raise over $600,000.

All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Ride for Life, Inc. is approved by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. IRS No. 11-347-9051

Mission

Our mission is to raise public awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, assist research in finding a cure, support ALS patients and their familes, and provide the ALS community with the latest ALS related news, information and inspiration.

Ride for Life Patient Services Programs

The Ride for Life devotes 40% of its income to supporting patients through innovative programs.

• Care for Life
  The Ride for Life is the only ALS organization to offer universal nursing assistance in the form of a respite program. This program is available to any eligible family across the nation. Each grant of $1500 can purchase up to 40 hours of care for a patient.
  
• Plan for Life
  The Ride for Life is also leading the way in offering grants to assist families with legal issues faced by the terminally ill. The $750 grant underwrites living wills, powers of attorney, medical trusts, etc.
  
• Mobility for Life
  Chair-bound patients are often unable to travel. In years past, the Ride for Life provided financial assistance to insure the mobility opportunities of patients. But now the 'Mobility For Life' program makes three vans available for short-term use by patients.

Ride for Life Supported ALS Research

Ride for Life devotes at least 50% of its income to fund a search for a cure to ALS and in 2003 granted $75,000 to promising ALS research programs.