FDF News

Roy Simpson of Vermillion Printing scored a hole-in-one at our 2009 Tournament!

Roy's shot went over the water on the 11th hole and headed right in the cup! He won a 5 day/4 night golf vacation package for two at The Palms Resort in Las Vegas as well as a new Cleveland driver for his efforts. All generously sponsored by our friends at George Grey's Lexington Toyota and the ALS Therapy Development Institute. We were so excited for Roy! He's been a supporter of the Fran Delaney Foundation since our inception.

Fran Delaney Receives "Vice President's Award" by the ALS March of Faces

The ALS March of Faces presented the "Vice President" Award to Fran Delaney for 2004.
"Fran has been instrumental both independently and through ALS-TDF in bringing more awareness about ALS, advocating more research funding for ALS and more importantly actually raising money for ALS research (over $1.2 million)". more

Angel Award Presented to The Fran Delaney Foundation

Dr. Robert Brown from MGH and Rich Kennedy, President of the Angel Fund, presented an award to the Fran Delaney Foundation on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel for their outstanding ALS awareness and fundraising work. more

Promising new gene therapy for ALS

Aug. 8, 2003 — NBC's Chief Science Correspondent Robert Bazell reports on a new gene therapy breakthrough that may lead to better and longer lives for patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease, or ALS. more

DEC Alumni Network Outlives Company

Digital alumni serve as resources for one another: by Martha E. Mangelsdorf, Globe Correspondent
John Henning found a job at a company he wanted to work for. Tricia Baglio launched her own business. And Fran Delaney and his friends and family raised $1 million for research to find a cure or treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease.  more

Fran Delaney Fund for ALS Research Reaches $1 Million MARK at Annual Golf Tournament

Newton, MA, June 10, 2003 - Organizers of the Fran Delaney Fund announced today that their volunteer based grassroots fundraising effort for ALS research has reached its $1 million dollar goal.  The 3^rd Annual DIGITAL Alumni Golf Tournament to benefit the Fran Delaney Fund raised more than $85,000 yesterday, bringing the Fund's effort to its $1 million goal in less than three years.  The goal was reached entirely on a local level with the help of more than 400 volunteers and over 3,000 contributors supporting the Fran Delaney Fund more