Debbie Andreocci was diagnosed with ALS on September 14, 1995 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. Shortly after, she received a post card about the MDA/ALS Center of Hope at Drexel University and decided to see Dr. Terry Heiman-Patterson. They have been coming to the clinic from Clinton, New Jersey ever since. 

Debbie is a fighter. Not only is she a PALS, she is also a breast cancer survivor.  She never complains and is always there to help everyone around her. She is famous for her Eggplant Parmesan! Tony says she is the type of person who makes her life look easy. She has two amazing children and two beautiful granddaughters, Mia and Liana.

 Tony was inspired by the Ice Bucket Challenge to create his own way to raise ALS Awareness. With his upcoming retirement, Tony decided to put the ALS Hope Foundation logo on his race car and car trailer and pursue his racing career full time. He had previously won the NHRA Division 1 Englishtown Race in 2004. 

Tony and several of his friends recently revealed their race cars with the ALS Hope Foundation logo on them at the Maple Grove Speedway. You can watch them race and raise ALS awareness at the ATCO Dragway in ATCO, New Jersey from August 5-7th!

Future racing dates:

Cecil County Dragway:  August 19th-21st

1916 Theodore Rd, Rising Sun, MD 21911

Old Bridge Township Raceway, Englishtown:  September 9th-11th

230 Pension Rd, Englishtown, NJ 07726