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A Long Swim uses open water swimming to bring awareness and funding to collaborative ALS research. Visit www.ALongSwim.org for more information.
To date, we have raised over a $1 million dollars—and we're not stopping until we meet an ALS survivor on the shore. The mission of A Long Swim is to raise awareness and funds for collaborative ALS research through open water swimming events. Led by Doug McConnell, A Long Swim is one of the most successful open water charity swims in history. In addition to hosting open water swimming events in an
The A Long Swim team is hard at work today completing a relay race from Nantucket to Martha’s Vineyard 🌊 Follow our new Facebook for updates at A Long Swim
A Long Swim A Long Swim designs and manages open water swimming events raising funds for collaborative ALS world class research.
07/21/2025
Attention A Long Swim Followers 🚨
Long time, no talk! We haven’t posted on this page in quite a while because it was hacked over a year ago. After a long effort, we’ve regained limited access.
To stay connected and share updates in real time, we’ve created a new official A Long Swim page. Please follow us here:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/alongswimorg/
We’ll be posting live tomorrow from the Nantucket to Martha’s Vineyard relay swim – see you in the morning!
01/24/2023
We thank ALS/TDI for hosting Dr. Ozdinler and Dr. Silverman to their TownHall Meeting and for discussing the developments on NU9, now AKV9.
ALS Town Hall : Discussion on NU-9 Learn more about ALS Town Halls here: https://www.als.net/als-town-hall/
01/22/2023
Lin’s voice will forever be inextricably linked with WXRT, the Chicago Cubs, and the ALS community. We miss him already.
Legendary Chicago Radio Host Lin Brehmer Dies at 68 After Cancer Battle
01/17/2023
Please join Dr Ozdinler and Dr Silverman on their ALSTDI Townhall meeting, discussing NU-9.
It will be on Jan 19, 2pm CST.
Please register here:
ALS Town Hall The ALS Town Hall, hosted by ALS TDI, is a virtual forum for that allows the ALS community to safely convene while social distancing and discuss ALS research.
01/14/2023
There’s a fine line between ”hobby” and “obsession.”
12/13/2022
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11/05/2022
Please congratulate the Ozdinler Lab.
The Ozdinler Lab presented 4 different posters, gave a platform talk, and received the best poster award at the NEALS meeting.
Dr Ozdinler also worked very hard for the establishment of 3 new NEALS sites in Turkey as international members, and they were welcomed this year.
The platform talk was about a collaborative grant with a company and how this collaboration moved the field forward.
Ozdinler Lab continues to work hard till there is an effective cure for ALS.
11/04/2022
We had the terrific opportunity to be interviewed for a podcast! Jay Clark, of Making Our World Better, was introduced to me by a friend and teammate, Kurt Nielsen.
Jay put it all together, and we are honored to be part of his catalog of interviews of such amazing world-changers.
Discussion includes swimming (of course!) as well as the importance of teamwork, appreciating good luck, and the amazing progress being made in ALS research.
Listen, and decide what you think.
Doug McConnell | Fighting ALS In The Open Water | Making Our World Better The diagnosis of ALS is about as cruel as a medical diagnosis comes, but you’ll hear how in the wake of not one but two family ALS diagnosis, Doug McConnell, co-founder of A Long Swim, along with his sister Ellen, decided to fight back and are making a real difference in the epicenter of ALS resea...
All swimmers are in the water swimming along the wall. In we go!
Our A Long Swim Team will swim along the wall.
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