Happy Birthday O.J. Brigance!!
O.J. Brigance played for the Ravens when they won Super Bowl XXXV and later took
a position with the team as Senior Advisor to Player Development.
In 2007, O.J.
was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and has since founded the Brigance
Brigade Foundation, whose goal it is to improve the quality of life for ALS
patients and their families. While dealing with the debilitating disease and
growing his foundation, O.J. still goes to work with the Ravens four days a
week.
To honor O.J. and celebrate his birthday, the Brigance Brigade is
hosting an ‘online birthday party’ where friends, fans, and supporters can post
birthday wishes and, if inclined, make donations to the Brigance Brigade
Foundation. The goal behind the online celebration is to engage O.J.’s many fans
and supporters and give them a platform to communicate with O.J.. Donations made
to the site will be used to help improve the quality of life for other ALS
patients and their families through equipment and support services that they
otherwise could not afford. The site fans can visit is: http://www.gofundme.com/BriganceBrigade
Alisa Brownlee, ATP, CAPS blog offers recent articles and web information on ALS, assistive technology--augmentative alternative communication (AAC), computer access, and other electronic devices that can impact and improve the quality of life for people with ALS. Email--abrownlee@alsa-national.org. Any views or opinions presented on this blog are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the ALS Association.
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