Alex, his family and his colleagues from "Hawaii Five-0" are united in the fight against the fatal disease ALS.
You can support them!



In 2014, Alex officially joined the ALS Association in its fight against the disease ALS and held a speech at the Walk to Defeat ALS in 2014. In these annual walks, ALS patients and their families, friends and supporters raise awareness of this terrible disease. But they also raise funds for the work of the ALS Association which provides assistance to families affected by ALS and helps to finance ALS research.

New fans might not know that Alex's mother-in-law died from ALS - and his son Lion never got to know his grandma. To the present day, the family of Alex's wife Malia still raises funds in the annual Walk to Defeat ALS in Hawaii.

Here's a radio interview from 2014 in which Fred Fisher (ALS Association) and Alex talk about ALS, Alex's involvement and how the disease has affected Alex's family. Alex also speaks about his mother who is a nurse.
http://hpr2.org/post/helping-hand-als-association

Until 2018, "Hawaii Five-0" (H50) was unofficially represented in the Walk to Defeat ALS by the "H50 ALS Warriors" team led by Eric (H50 craft services). Fans living abroad could also simply make an online donation to help the team raise funds for the fight against ALS and to support families affected by ALS.
In 2018, I participated together with Eric and some fans - and we also made a donation, of course.
A friend of mine lost a family member to ALS and told me what an absolutely horrible disease it is. So I participated in memory of this family member but also because Alex inspired me and other fans by his own support in 2014.

If you want to participate in the walk in 2019 (You might meet me there...), you'll find all the necessary information on this page:
http://webgw.alsa.org/site/TR/Walks/GoldenWest?pg=entry&fr_id=13760&_ga=2.111076998.284695067.1567963723-878124398.1564348833
If you want to support the team that Alex's sister-in-law belongs to, choose the team "ALS Ohana" as the recipient of your donation:
http://webgw.alsa.org/site/TR/Walks/GoldenWest?pg=team&fr_id=13760&team_id=379516

Here's a look back to 2014 - Some photos of Alex with great fans at the Walk to Defeat ALS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/snZb8PwbBW/?modal=true (Credit: 'juliehawaii')
https://www.instagram.com/p/snfpRcmf99/ (Credit: Wendy Hansen)
 

In Summer 2014, people worldwide participated in the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" to raise funds and awareness of ALS. Quite a few cast and crew members of "Hawaii Five-0" participated, including Executive Producer Peter Lenkov, as well as Alex and his colleagues Daniel Dae Kim and Jorge Garcia whom you see in the collage and in the video clip posted by Daniel:
Video clip of the H50 boys doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge :-)

Last but not least, here are some old collages for your inspiration...

When there's no current fundraiser for the ALS Walk etc., you can always donate directly to the ALS Association through its page www.alsa.org, where you also find plenty of useful information.

Thank you - Mahalo - Danke - Merci - Gracias - Grazie

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Last update: 2019