AHCF In the News

Local Drive to Raise Funds for AHC Research

Courtney Kaler is asking the community for help in raising money for a rare disorder her sister Aleesha has.

Around the Triangle, 3.18.2012

http://www.riverraleigh.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=AroundTheTriangle  One in a million – what if it’s you or your child? (more…)

March 19, One in a Million

One in a Million – Johnson Family

Lynn Monty, Burlington Free Press

March 13, 2012 Newscast

Family Creates “One in a Million Campaign.” Charity raises money for son stricken with rare neurological disorder.

ABC 11 WTVD Raleigh-Durham, NC

 

March 2, 2012 The Vaccines Support the AHC Association of Iceland

The British rock band The Vaccines made a generous donation to the AHC association of Iceland recently.

Today’s Honoree is Jeff Wuchich

Jeff Wuchich, president of the Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, a rare neurological disorder affecting one in 1 million children. (more…)

Walk-athon Raises Awareness and Funds for Rare Disorder

The sixth annual AHCF Chicago Walk was held at Paulus Park on Sept. 18.

By Josh Katzman

On Sept. 18, family and friends turned out for the sixth annual AHCF Chicago Walk in Paulus Park. Alternating hemiplegia of childhood is a rare neurological disorder. There are just four or five children in the area known to have it and only about 600 who have been diagnosed with it worldwide. (more…)

Raleigh Families Raise $20,000 to Find the Cure for Rare Neurological Children’s Disease

Raleigh, September 20, 2011 – On Sept. 10, more than 120 Raleigh families and friends gathered at the Rolesville Ball Field, behind Rolesville Elementary School for the second annual Raleigh Walk 2011 and 5K race to help find the cure for Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC). (more…)

Sixth Annual AHC Walkathon Slated for Sunday

On Sept. 18, the sixth annual 2011 Chicago Walk for AHC will be held at Paulus Park from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The walk is a fundraising and awareness-raising event organized largely by parents, relatives and friends of children who are afflicted with AHC, or alternating hemiplegia of childhood, a neurological disorder that’s so rare, there are only three or four children in the surrounding area who are known to have it. (more…)

Grant Allows Rolesville Charity to Grow, Lets Research Progress

Paralysis can strike Rolesville preschooler Matthew Wuchich at any time. (more…)

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