The Massachusetts Chapter was founded on January 27, 1990, to serve the needs of those living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and their caregivers. We offer more than a dozen free services for patients and their families, including respite care, equipment loan, a children's program and support groups.

The ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS. ALSA covers all the bases — research, patient and community services, public education, and advocacy — in providing help and hope to those facing the disease.

The ALS Association (National Office and the Massachusetts Chapter) operates under a shared mission: to help people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and to leave no stone unturned in search for the cure.
We work together to accomplish our mission. The Massachusetts Chapter focuses primarily on helping local patients and families live with ALS while the National Office focuses primarily on research and advocacy. The Chapter supports the National Office through revenue sharing and research contributions. The National Office supports the Chapters by providing up-to-date information and materials. Our commitment to both helping people living with ALS and their families, and funding research worldwide is spoken emphatically through our Chapter slogan: Providing care today. Supporting hope for tomorrow.

The Leonard Florence Center for Living (LFCL) is America's first urban Green House®, providing skilled nursing care for 100 residents in an environment that bears little resemblance to a nursing home as we know it today. Residents will live in a ten-bedroom home with contemporaries, each with their own room and bath. The in-home kitchen will serve upon request. A dedicated staff will deliver loving care in an expression of the mission of Leonard Florence - Living Life to the Fullest.

Two of the ten residences at the Leonard Florence Center for Living are dedicated to individuals with ALS and MS. The ALS & MS residences will offer renewed quality life to residents at all stages of disability. Residents will have access to advanced assistive technologies, ventilator support, lifts, and personalized mobile command centers to navigate independently throughout the campus.