Babylon Students Join the Fight Against ALS

Babylon’s Memorial Grade School and Junior-Senior High School joined the fight against ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, this spring by raising funds for Ride for Life, a not-for-profit corporation. 

Each May, during ALS Awareness Month, ALS patients ride their electric wheelchairs for multiple days down the highways and byways to raise funds for a cure and to create awareness about ALS during Ride for Life. To date, the venture has raised more than $7 million.

At Babylon Memorial Grade School, students participated in a walk-a-thon and teachers made donations for a dress down day. The high school coordinated a number of fundraisers for the program, including the Leo Club selling bracelets and pins, the faculty participating in dress down day, two video game tournaments and a student council organized PowderPuff football game. Additionally, child psychology class members also secured scholarship money for the walk. More than $1,000 was collectively raised.

Students at both schools lined the streets in front of their building to show support for the ride as it passed through Babylon in mid-May. Students created colorful signs and chanted for a cure for the disease. Members of the Babylon High School child psychology class also joined the marchers and paraded through a portion of the village to show their continued support for the effort.

Photos courtesy of the Babylon School District