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Bowling establishes ALS funding for father
by From staff, wire reports
Bowling establishes ALS funding for father

CHAPMANVILLE - Former West Virginia University and Chapmanville High baseball star Casey Bowling is organizing a benefit walk to fund a scholarship in the name of his father, Rick Bowling.

The elder Bowling, a former assistant coach at Chapmanville, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The disease has no known cure, and Rich Bowling is confined to a wheelchair.

Bowling said the Bowling ALS Walk is in the planning stages, and it will be held this spring in Chapmanville. The former All-Big East Conference outfielder for WVU also has started a Rick Bowling ALS Fund.

Other portions of those funds will go to the family's financial obligations to care for Rick Bowling. Other proceeds will go to an ALS foundation and to a fund a scholarship to be presented annually in Rick Bowling's name to a Chapmanville-area high school student.

Donations may be made to: The Rick Bowling ALS Fund, c/o United Bank, 1085 Van Voorhis Rd., Suite 150, Morgantown 26505.

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