How To Get Help The Joe Martin ALS Foundation works with the Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS Center to help people with ALS (PALS).  The ALS Center refers PALS living in the Charlotte metro area to the foundation.  Our staff works with the ALS Center’s therapists to facilitate home therapy programs and provide technology support.  As of April, 2009, the Joe Martin ALS Foundation is assisting Twenty  families by providing respite care, range of motion therapy, motomed treatments, mobility safety, caregiver training, wheelchair accessible transportation, assistive technology support, and performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) such as dressing, grooming, and transferring from bed to wheelchair to help PALS begin a productive day.  To make an appointment with the Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS Center, call 704-446-6257 or 800-924-7620.  Fax: (704) 446-6255. The Carolinas ALS Center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Direct inquires to:  Kay Strand, Staff Assistant Mailing Address: Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Division of Neurology P.O. Box 32861 Charlotte, NC 28232 Physical Address: 1010 N Edgehill Road Charlotte, NC 28207