As you may know, May is ALS Awareness Month, and this month we are trying to spread more awareness about the disease and help people understand why it's so important to fund research for effective treatments to #EndALS. In honor of Awareness Month, Orangetheory Fitness will be helping to raise funds to support ALS research, and we are asking for your help to thank them.

From May 1 – May 15, every Orangetheory Fitness location in the US & Canada will step up to end ALS via its annual in-studio fundraising campaign. Called #AQuestForMoreLife, Orangetheory Fitness has set an ambitious goal of raising $6 million to fast-track effective treatments and an ultimate cure for ALS. This campaign may very likely be the single largest ALS fundraiser in the country, with the potential to impact countless families battling ALS – and we can’t do it without you.

To acknowledge their efforts we are asking for your help – and in particular, your heartfelt thanks. Would you consider sharing a personal note with your local Orangetheory fitness club offering thanks? We’ll give you all the tools you need to reach out, and promise to make it simple and really easy. From past campaigns, we know that hearing personal stories from families living with ALS has an immense impact on the success of the fundraising initiative. It is important to us that our community can easily get involved with this important campaign, and that Orangetheory members and staff learn more about ALS, why their support this month is so important, and what it means to those in their own community. It’s easy to help support #AQuestForMoreLife!

STEP 1:

Visit https://www.orangetheoryfitness.com/service/directorylisting to find your nearest Orangetheory Fitness Studio. Get the email addresses for your local studio by reaching out to Allie Kosciak at akosciak@als.net.

STEP 2:
Send an email to your local club(s), thanking them for their work on this fundraiser and sharing why their efforts to help find a cure for ALS is so important. See a draft email below, and remember to add in your personal experience with ALS (and/or with Orangetheory Fitness).

Dear Orangetheory Fitness (of your local city),

My name is _______, and I am writing today to thank you and your staff for your work on #AQuestForMoreLife with ALS TDI and Augie’s Quest to Cure ALS. I know firsthand how ALS impacts families around the country, and I would like to share why this fundraiser is so meaningful to me.

(Personal experience/share a personal photo)

I hope you share this note with your employees and members, as a token of my appreciation for your hard work. Together, we can end ALS, and I sincerely thank you for your role in our quest to find a cure.

Thank you,

STEP 3:

Share Social Media posts thanking Orangetheory! We have included sample posts below, but please add personal stories
that show why this fundraiser is so important! Don’t forget to tag your local studio!

Twitter: Thank you @orangetheory for supporting @ALSTDI & @AugiesQuest through #AQuestForMoreLife for the month of May! Together, we can #EndALS - please find a class and sign up today! #ALSAwareness #MoreLife https://www.classy.org/campaign/orangetheory-fitness/c229473

Facebook: Thank you @orangetheoryfitness for supporting @ALSTDI & @AugiesQuest through #AQuestForMoreLife for the month of May! Together, we can #EndALS - please find a class and sign up today! #ALSAwareness #MoreLife https://www.classy.org/campaign/orangetheoryfitness/c229473

Instagram: Thank you @orangetheory for supporting @ALSTDI & @AugiesQuest through #AQuestForMoreLife for the month of May! Together, we can #EndALS - please find a class and sign up today! #ALSAwareness #MoreLife