ALS Fundraising Walk Saturday In Seaside Heights

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — Hundreds of marchers are expected to gather in Seaside Heights on Saturday for the 2018 Seaside Heights Walk to Defeat ALS.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known , is a devastating neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk, speak, swallow, and breathe.

The money raised during the walk will support the ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter in its work to fund ALS research, provide local care and services to those impacted by ALS, and help lobby for policies "that promote ways to better manage, and eventually end, this fatal disease," the group said in a news release.

Registration for Saturday's walk begins at 9 a.m. at Hiering Avenue and the boardwalk and the walk begins at 10 a.m.

Register by clicking here.

The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter serves more than 1,200 people with ALS each year and covers a broad service area that encompasses the eastern half of Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey, and all of Delaware.

Walkers at the 2017 march. Photo provided by the Greater Philadelphia Chapter