Students from his old elementary school, Solana Pacific, also contributed. When he spoke at his high school assembly, members of the school’s student governing body pitched in to write about 90 cards on March 14. PALS4PALS has grown over the past six months to include more pen pals from Spector’s surrounding community. Around 200 people with ALS live in the San Diego area, and Spector said he’s communicated with almost all of them. The people who’ve received cards and letters usually write back, sometimes with their own jokes, like Woolf. The effort has proved to be popular, too. That pen pal program was well-received and Spector thought it might have the same impact on people with ALS. Spector had been writing letters to seniors through a group called Teen Volunteers in Action, which focuses on service projects boys and their parents work on together. PALS4PALS is only his most recent ALS-related effort.Ĭole Spector mans an ALS Association booth in San Diego. He also volunteers regularly at the ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter. In fifth grade, Spector brought the national fundraising initiative SLAM ALS to his hometown. Raising money and awareness for ALS has been part of Spector’s life for a long time. “I love the idea because Cole can put a smile on my face and he’s helping put smiles on other people’s faces.” “Even if you have a great support system it’s nice to know other people care,” Block said. Block said Spector’s mother, Sheri - Block’s sister - and his father, Steven, have been great role models in fundraising and promoting ALS awareness and research. That caring attitude is part of Spector’s personality and PALS4PALS is a reflection of his inner desire to help others, Block said, noting her nephew isn’t the only family member to take up the cause. “She really is my inspiration to starting this project.”īlock shares the same admiration for her nephew, who has always been the first to help, whether it’s pushing her in a wheelchair or reaching to get food from a high shelf. “She really has kept a positive attitude towards it and is still just so loving and amazing,” Spector said. He’s grown up with her diagnosis and said he has paid attention to the way she has handled living with the disease. Block was diagnosed with ALS 13 years ago when Spector was 3. Spector credits his aunt, Marjie Block, with inspiring him to write the notes. Cole has inspired me to be able to think positive about living with ALS and keep giving me hope to be able to manage it and live as best I can.” “I have sent a couple cards to Cole and we mainly communicate via email quite often and I still include jokes and videos to him which make him laugh. Toru Owashi dropped in the early and the team automatically left the tournament, thus forfeiting the rest of their matches.“I was truly appreciative and felt noticed by someone other than family and friends,” Woolf wrote in an email. The 2005 DDT Tag League was held from September 10 to September 23. The 2004 KO-D Tag League was held from September 16 to September 30.

The 2003 KO-D Tag League was held from September 11 to September 28. Osamu Tachihikari and Seiya Morohashi/ Tomohiko Hashimoto Super Uchuu Power and Poison Sawada Julie Seiya Morohashi was later replaced by Tomohiko Hashimoto due to an injury. The 2002 KO-D Tag League was held from July 13 to August 25. The 2001 KO-D Tag League was held from August 25 to September 30. The 2000 DDT Tag League featured three teams in each block, and was held from August 24 to September 14.

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