Road to Discovery and Notre Dame FCU Journey to Houston, Texas to Help Raise Awareness and Funds for Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) Disease
Notre Dame, IN (PRWEB) July 10, 2013 -- Every summer Gregory P. Crawford, dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame rides his bike across the country to spread awareness of the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation which is named in honor of beloved Notre Dame Football Coach, Ara Parseghian. The foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to funding medical research projects to find a treatment for Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C) disease; a deadly disease that took the lives of three of Ara’s grandchildren.
Notre Dame Federal Credit Union has partnered with the University of Notre Dame’s College of Science to sponsor Dean Crawford’s fourth annual cross-country Road to Discovery bike ride. The 3,746 mile bike ride began on Thursday, June 27th in Los Angeles, California. Throughout the course of the Road to Discovery Dean Crawford will make stops to visit NPC researchers and families, as well as Notre Dame alumni clubs. He will end his bike ride in Baltimore, Maryland in time for the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation 21st Annual Family Support and Medical Conference.
Greg will be in Houston, Texas on July 14 and invites Notre Dame alumni and friends, cyclists, and anyone interested in learning about the fight against NPC to attend mass at 5:30 p.m. at the University of St. Thomas. A BBQ and family friendly games will follow the mass.
You can follow the details of Greg's ride at http://roadtodiscovery.nd.edu/.
Courtney King, Notre Dame Federal Credit Union, 574-400-4992, [email protected]
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