Santa Monica Patch | Karen Jordan | Sept. 7, 2013 It is 24 hours away and counting until Al DeCesaris, Jr., will embark on a cross-country trip unlike any he has ever made before. DeCesaris, who just relocated to Southern California from Maryland three months ago, is heading back to the East Coast in a fundraising [...]
South River Source | Mitchelle Stephenson | July 25, 2013 Al DeCesaris, Jr. plans to ride his bicycle from Santa Monica, Calif., to Ocean City Maryland. That’s right — from sea to shining sea. He’s doing it for his niece, Jenna Heck, a Davidsonville tween with Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS), a devastating neurological disorder. The purpose of the ride is to [...]
The Baltimore Sun | Scott Calvert | May 17, 2013 It’s a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive deficits, seizures, long-lasting migraines, glaucoma in one eye and a red birthmark on [...]
