Running for a Cause

IN HEALTH NEWS TONIGHT, ONE LOWER MICHIGAN MAN IS USING THE UPPER PENINSULA TO HELP HIS SON FIGHT A DISEASE

DOUG ALLIE’S SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISORDER OR C–M–T LAST APRIL.

THIS IS A DEBILITATING ILLNESS THAT ATTACKS THE BODY’S NERVOUS SYSTEM.

THERE IS NO CURE.

ALLIE IS HOPING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY TO HELP TREAT THIS AILMENT.

HE’D DOING THAT BY RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE U–P

ALLIE’S SON IS ABLE TO DO MANY OF THE THINGS HEALTHY KIDS HIS AGE CAN DO.

JACOB ALLIE HAS DIFFICULTIES WITH MANY TASKS, BUT HE HAS ENORMOUS PRIDE IN WHAT HIS DAD IS DOING.

EACH DAY, ALLIE BEGINS HIS RUNNING AT 5:30 OR 6 A.M.

HE WILL START HIS RUN TOMORROW ON M–28 IN ALGER COUNTY AND RUN THROUGH MUNISING.

HE SAYS IF YOU’D LIKE TO RUN WITH HIM…HE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME ALONG.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR TO DONATE TO HIS CAUSE YOU CAN VISIT C–M–T–A USA DOT ORG SLASH RUN ACROSS THE U–P.