It wasn’t until my niece Jenna was born that my eyes were opened. And it wasn’t until I saw what children like Jenna are made to endure that my view of the world started to change. Jenna was born with Sturge-Weber Syndrome – a rare neurological disorder that causes abnormal blood vessels to develop in the [...]
In each of us is the power to make a difference. This isn’t just rhetoric. This is something I wholeheartedly believe, something I’ve observed time and again. So when the cause of Sturge-Weber Syndrome — the rare neurological disorder that afflicts my 10-year-old niece Jenna, was discovered, I knew it was my time to help further [...]
Arundel NewsNetwork | Anna Lucente Hoffmann | May 23, 2016 For one Annapolis man, it wasn’t enough to ride his bike across the country to raise awareness about a rare medical disorder. He’s now traveled coast to coast on foot for the same cause. Riva resident Al DeCesaris recently finished up a run down the East [...]
Capital Gazette | Wendi Winters | May 12, 2016 Local attorney turned author and advocate Al DeCesaris of Davidsonville has published his second book, “Running the Coast for a Cure,” which details his 93-day, 14 state, 1,935 mile solo run along the East Coast, from Lubec, Maine to Key Largo, Florida in 2014. He ran an [...]
