History

The McCourt Family has a long-standing history with neurological diseases, it's something they have lived their entire lives. Long before any one of the seven brothers were born, their father was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

After being diagnosed in the prime of his life and after fighting the disease for 42 years, he finally succumbed to it at the age of 67. Soon after his death, their mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Mary McCourt passed away on August 23, 2008. Her 12 year illness with Alzheimer's disease ended peacefully.

For the past 19 years, the McCourt family and their committee of colleagues and friends have run successful fund raising events which include The McCourt Gala and Auction, Educational Updates and a Summer Road Race/Walk, raising and donating well over a million dollars in research.