Capital Gazette | Wendi Winters | December 28, 2014 Annapolis lawyer Albert “Al” DeCesaris says he’s “an average guy,” but he didn’t pick an average way to raise money for a niece who suffers from a rare medical condition. On Dec. 9, DeCesaris completed a 93-day, 1,935-mile fundraising run from Lubec, Maine, all the way down [...]
Bay Weekly | Volume XXII, Number 44 | Bob Melamud | October 30, 2014 Millions of people dump ice water on their heads to raise money for ALS. Hundreds of thousands walk for breast cancer. Can one lone person hope to make a difference? Especially fighting a plight out of the limelight? Annapolis lawyer and St. [...]
South River Source | Author | October 21, 2014 About six weeks ago, local attorney Al DeCesaris set off on foot from Lubec, Maine to help raise money and awareness for Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS), a rare neurological disease that afflicts his young niece, Jenna Heck, a student at Davidsonville Elementary. DeCesaris’ plan is to run the [...]
The Weekly Sentinel | Volume 10, Issue No. 40 | October 3, 2014 A Maryland man running on foot from Lubec, Maine to Key Largo, Florida passed through southern Maine last week in a quest to raise public awareness and funds for the fight against Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS). Al DeCesaris began running on September 8 in [...]
Machias Valley News Observer | Bill Kitchen | September 24, 2014 So you want to go to Florida for the winter but can’t really afford it? You could always run. That’s exactly what Al DeCesaris of Annapolis, MD has set out to do to raise awareness and funding for a little known but devastating and rare [...]
Quoddy Tides | J.D. Rule | Sept. 12, 2014 Al DeCesaris is a dedicated man. He pulled out of Lubec on September 8 and expects to reach Key Largo, Fla., in 90 days. Ninety day of running, that is, for approximately 2,000 miles. He has already crossed the continent by bicycle, all to draw public awareness [...]
