Hope Happens for Neurological Disorders

Our Mission is to Raise Money to Find Cures for Neurological Disorders such as ALS, Parkinson's, MS and Alzheimer's, and brain injury

Our Mission is to Raise Money to Find Cures for Neurological Disorders such as ALS, Parkinson's, MS and Alzheimer's, and brain injury

Hope Happens founder, Christopher Wells Hobler, lost his battle against ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 2005.

Once Chris received his ALS diagnosis in the summer of 2001, he became determined to create change in the way research for ALS and related neurological disorders was funded and conducted. In response to doctors telling him there was no hope and nothing he could do, Chris founded ALS Hope later that year. He initiated a campaign to wage war against the devastating neuromuscular disease. Thanks to Chris Hobler’s dedicated efforts, we now have the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders in St. Louis, one of the nations premier research facilities.

Interesting facts:

Every day 7,650 Americans are diagnosed with a nerve-killing disorder—2½ the number as those who are diagnosed with cancer.
-1 person is diagnosed with a prion disease.
-4 people are diagnosed with Huntington's disease.
-14 adults receive a death sentence when diagnosed with ALS.
-22 babies are born with Cerebral Palsy.
-27 people learn they have Multiple Sclerosis.
-36 suffer a spinal cord injury, including 6 who die of their injuries.
-357 children are diagnosed with epilepsy.
-380 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
-961 learn they will lose their identity to Alzheimer’s disease.
-2,000 suffer a stroke.
-3,846 receive brain injuries (including 2,747 children), with 220 suffering permanent damage and 137 dying of their injuries.

Contributions to Hope Happens will help us:

-Conduct pioneering laboratory research leading to new knowledge and eventually cures
-Discover innovative approaches to nervous system therapy, regeneration, repair, and recovery
-Close the gap in funding that makes it difficult to bring good basic science ideas to patients
-Inspire collaboration by providing shared facilities, equipment, and laboratory resources

www.hopehappens.org
http://hopecenter.wustl.edu

1. Our focus is on a small family of neurological disorders, including ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, CP, MS, Parkinson’s, brain injury, stroke and others.

2. We believe that fundamental discoveries about one disorder can lead to treatments and cures for others.

3. That is why, in 2004, Hope Happens partnered with Washington University to launch the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders at Washington University.

4. Money donated to Hope Happens will go to the scientists and researchers trying to find cures for neurological disorders at the Hope Center.

5. Check us out at www.hopehappens.org and http://hopecenter.wustl.edu!