Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Lunch with Curt Schilling at Da Vinci's on December 11, 2008

Sports station WEEI is hosting a charity event at Da Vinci’s Ristorante in Boston on Thursday, December 11 to help raise money for Curt's Pitch for ALS, a program founded by Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his wife Shonda. Curt Schilling will be at the event, as well as WEEI morning hosts Dennis and Callahan.

The charity lunch will be held from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM at Da Vinci's, which is at 162 Columbus Avenue in Park Square. Tickets are $100. To order tickets, please go to the WEEI community events page at http://www.weei.com/pages/235663.php.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disease. Curt’s Pitch for ALS was developed in 1993 to help ALS patients and their families. The program operates chapters in New England, Arizona, and Philadelphia. The Web site for Curt’s Pitch for ALS is: http://www.curtspitch.org/.