8th Annual Burt Meisel Holiday Benefit Supporting ALS Michigan is Dec. 14

ALS of Michigan is teaming with the Pointe Academy Dance Center for the seventh annual Burt Meisel ALS Holiday Benefit, to be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at Varner Hall on the Oakland University campus in Rochester Hills.

Doors open at 2:15 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door, but are also available in advance by calling (248) 852-2585.

All proceeds go to ALS Michigan. The benefit has raised more than $23,000 to help people with Lou Gehrig’s disease since the inaugural benefit in 2008.

“We are thrilled and very grateful to once again team up with MaryBeth Tremp-Seeger, Dori Ranck and The Pointe Academy Dance Center on this amazing show,” said Sue Burstein-Kahn, executive director of ALS of Michigan. “Their ongoing commitment to our pALS (person with ALS) that we serve exemplifies their genuine concern and heartfelt understanding of the challenges that these individuals encounter each and every day.”

ALS hit close to home for Dori Ranck, a member of ALS of Michigan’s board of directors, and her family when her father, Burt Meisel was diagnosed with this disease in 2008 and lost his battle one year later.

This Holiday Benefit was named in Meisel’s honor and also pays tribute to the hundreds of people fighting ALS today.

ALS of Michigan Inc. is a Southfield-based non profit organization and provides services, education and support to people with ALS, their families and caregivers to help them live as fully as possible.

It also supports research into the cause, treatment and cure for ALS.