The ABC late-night show is asking for donations from audience members and created a website where fans can enter sweepstakes and bid on celebrity experiences and memorabilia to help fight the disease.
Jimmy Kimmel announced that his ABC late-night show is raising money for ALS research to find a cure and help patients diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease.
"One of our longtime and most beloved co-workers has been diagnosed with ALS," Kimmel said in a video announcing the fundraising drive. "To support him and to support others affected by this terrible disease, our gang here atHe explained that they regularly ask audience members to make donations and shared theKimmel added that he is offering for one winner and a guest to attend a taping of, which includes free round trip flights and three nights in a hotel.
"I happen to be working on a portrait right now of one of my favorite subjects," Kimmel said before it was revealed that he was drawing a nude portrait of his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez. Kimmel then told the potential winner, "You don't have to be nude, but that's the way Guillermo wanted it." The website offers the opportunity to win celebrity experiences and memorabilia. In addition to meeting Kimmel, those that donate could win an opportunity to meet Norman Reedus and win a 2020 Harley-Davidson Low Rider S motorcycle.
Some of the memorabilia you can bid on includes a Terry Bradshaw-signed football, a Mike Tyson-signed boxing glove, a Shaquille O'Neal autographed basketball, a Tom Brady-signed football and more.
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