The Peter Frates ALS Foundation and NWM announce new annual impact award

The Peter Frates ALS Foundation and partner NWN announced Friday that they will establish an annual Pete Frates Impact Award. It will recognize an individual or group advancing Frates’ mission to raise awareness, funding and scientific research for ALS. Frates, a former Boston College baseball player diagnosed with the disease in 2013, helped launch the Ice Bucket Challenge, which has generated more than $1 billion for ALS research since 2014.