NEWSCENTER 5’S JOSH BROGADIR
WITH A LOCAL BREWERY THAT;S
-- THAT’S HELPING OUT.
JOSH: THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING
THE HOBSON HAND.
THE CLIMATE IS PERFECT IN
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, THE HOME OF
CHERYL AND MIKE SMITH.
>> IT’S HEARTBREAKING.
THAT’S OUR MOTIVATION BEHIND WHY
WE DO THIS.
ANTOINETTE: HOW CAN’T HER HEART
BE BROKEN -- JOSH: HOW CAN’T HER
HEART BE BROKEN?
SHE HAS NINE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE DIED FROM ALS.
THE SMITHS ARE GIVING A PORTION
OF THE PROCEEDS TO BREW BEER FOR
ALS.
IT HAS COME ALL THE WAY TO THIS
COMMERCIAL STORE IN MALDEN WHERE
THE OWNER IS USING THOSE YAKIMA
HOPS IN HIS IDL HANDS BREWERY,
DONATING A PORTION TO ALS
RESEARCH.
LIKE SO MANY OF US, FOR HIM,
THIS HAS BECOME PERSONAL.
>> MY WIFE’S BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH A-LIST THREE
YEARS AGO AND THAT MADE ME THINK
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
PARTICIPATING AND GETTING
INVOLVED.
JOSH: THIRD AND FINAL STEP.
JUST DOWN THE ROAD AT THE
NONPROFIT ANALYST THERE BE
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE IN
CAMBRIDGE.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE MADE
A BREAKTHROUGH WITH A PROMISING
TREATMENT TO HELP THE SMITHS AND
OTHER FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD
DEAL WITH THIS DEVASTATING
DISEASE.
>> ARE WE REALLY CLOSE FOR ALL
OF ALS, PROBABLY NOT TO BE
HONEST.
THAT FOR SUBSTANCE OF ALS,
PRETTY CLOSE.
IF WE CAN STOP THE DISEASE IN
ITS TRACKS, THAT’S PRETTY CLOSE
TO A CURE.
IT CAN EXTEND LIFE BY DECADES.
ANTOINETTE: BY THE WAY, THIS IS
NOT THE ALE FOR
