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6th Annual ALS Fundraiser Gala

Monday, May 19th, 2025 @ 7pm
Trattoria Vento
$250

Chris4Lou’s Annual ALS Gala Fundraiser has helped many people going through the ordeal of ALS. Your donations help them cope and manage through these difficult times. There are still people who have never heard of ALS. Please help us raise awareness for this debilitating disease. Hopefully, there will be new treatments, and maybe one day we’ll find a cure.

Gala attendees will get to enjoy good food, drinks, prizes and a special guest from the New York Yankees.



Mail to: 
Chris4Lou, Inc.
101 Hillcrest Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10305

Please make checks payable to Chris4Lou, Inc.

2024 Gala

Our 5th Annual Gala’s Success

Our 5th Annual Gala in May 2024 took place at the Hilton Above Rooftop. Guests got to enjoy cocktail hour and an amazing 3 course dinner at the Hilton Above Rooftop, meet special guests like Homerun Legend Jim Leyritz, and a chance to win raffles and prizes such as New York Yankee game tickets and on field batting practice passes.

We were able to raise $5000 for Seth Painter, a single father who was sadly diagnosed with ALS this past June, and $1500 for Project ALS.

What Drives Us

Our Mission

Chris Scandaglia has helped raise funds for ALS since 2006. The funding from this organization goes to ALS Patients and their families. Chris started this annual fundraiser in honor of his grandfather, Frank, who passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1990. He was a devoted husband and father and a great inspiration to Chris. His strength continues today through this annual gala.

What Is ALS?

ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS is frequently called Lou Gehrig’s Disease after the New York Yankees baseball player who was diagnosed with it. There is no cure for ALS. Currently there are over 30,000 people suffering with ALS in the U.S., with 5,000 new cases discovered each year.

It starts with asymmetrical weakness in the limbs or side. Many times people think they are having carpal tunnel syndrome, until it spreads to the forearm and more. The neurological weakness increases overtime, slowly robbing a person of their motor skills, until they can’t walk, stand, talk, or eat, eventually ending in death. The is no cure and keeping up the quality of life through someone’s illness is costly and affects their families greatly.

On average, it takes 10-15 months from the time a person first notices symptoms to receiving an ALS diagnosis.

Diagnostic delays not only cause significant anxiety and stress, they also prevent people with ALS from:

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Accessing multidisciplinary care

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Receiving medications and life-sustaining treatments

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Pursuing disability benefits

Past Fundraisers

5th Annual ALS Gala A Hit!

5th Annual ALS Gala A Hit!

A yearlong preparation for Chris Scandaglia’s 5th Annual ALS Fundraiser culminated in a big way Monday night as a nice crowd showed up at the Above Rooftop on Staten Island. Scandaglia, the event’s organizer who resides in Grasmere, reports the gala raised $1,500 for...

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5th Annual ALS Fundraiser Gala

5th Annual ALS Fundraiser Gala

We would like to thank everyone who attended our Annual  ALS Fundraiser Gala and donated to help the people and families suffering from ALS. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise $7,500 to help single father Seth Painter and Project ALS, a Manhattan-based...

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