My best friend, Kris MacNamara, was diagnosed with ALS in July 2025. She fought with courage, humor, and an unshakeable commitment to helping others facing this disease. Although she was given 2–5 years, she only had 14 months. On September 9th, I lost my best friend — but the ALS community lost one of its fiercest advocates.

Kris believed in raising awareness, raising money, raising her voice —and raising her middle fingers to ALS! She never stopped fighting for people living with ALS. Before she passed, she asked me to continue organizing Team Kris so that her impact — her fire, her compassion, her determination — would continue long after she was gone. I promised her I would.

So when you support my ALS United Walk fundraiser, you’re not just donating.
You’re honoring Kris.
You’re fueling the work she cared about with her whole heart.
You’re helping families who are living the reality she fought so hard to change.

ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a cruel, relentless disease that steals the ability to walk, speak, swallow, and breathe. Most people diagnosed live only 2 to 5 years. There is no known cause. There is no cure. And it can strike anyone.

I’m walking because I refuse to accept that this is the end of the story.
I’m walking for Kris — for the life she lived, the joy she brought, and the future she deserved.
I’m walking for every family who has heard the words “You have ALS” and felt their world shift.
I’m walking because progress is happening, but not fast enough. We need more research, more treatments, more support, and more hope.

Every step we take together brings us closer to a world where ALS no longer steals time, memories, or lives.

Please walk with me or sponsor me.
Every donation, every share, every act of support keeps Kris’s legacy alive and pushes us toward the cure she believed in.

ALS may be relentless — but so was Kris.

And so am I.

And so are we.