East Northport -- The Huntington Town Board on Friday September 5 accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge issued by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, choosing as the venue Mr. P's Playground in Veterans Park, the boundless playground named after former Northport teacher Chris Pendergast, who has been battling ALS for more than a decade.
As Mr. Pendergast looked on, Supervisor Frank P. Petrone noted that the Board was devoting the challenge to him and to the Ride for Life Foundation Mr. Pendergast created to increase awareness about ALS and to raise funds to help ALS patients and undertake research for a cure. "On with it," Supervisor Petrone proclaimed. The video can be viewed here.
