Area Man

To Be Honored At Annual Muscular Dystophy TelethonBy ALPHA HUSTED



9/2/2007 - FALCONER — Keven Hulings, a victim of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — ALS — for more than 16 years, will be honored Monday at Buffalo during the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.

Hulings will be presented New York State’s Robert Ross Muscular Dystrophy Association Personal Achievement Award.

A recipient of the Western New York MDA Achievement Award, presented to the ALS victim in June, Hulings is recognized for raising public awareness of ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease — and for outstanding community efforts making it possible for those with ALS and other neuro-muscular diseases to remain in their homes, rather than in institutions.

As a state award recipient, Hulings will be considered for the MDA national award in 2008.

During Sunday’s telethon, the local resident also will present a check to the MDA, a contribution for research made possible by the Friends of HUGO, a group who sponsored its first annual ‘‘HUGO’s Walk for Uncle Lou,’’ on Aug. 25. More than 50 walkers took part in the event.

Hulings, 51, was stricken with ALS in 199l. The former Cummins, Inc. employee walked for the last time in 1992, and two years later lost the use of his arms.

In 1997, with the help of friends and supporters, Hulings established the Hugo Fund, and the Friends of Hugo, a fundraising organization, operated entirely by volunteers.

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