Article posted: 11/14/2012 3:25 PM

Friends stage fundraiser for Wheeling HS grad battling ALS

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Eric and Jean Dahl with their children, Gunnar, 8; Andrew, 6; and Julia, 3, at the Les Turner ALS Walk4Life. Friends, family and co-workers will gather Saturday to celebrate Eric's 41st birthday and raise money to buy the family a customized van.

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Eric Dahl's loyal friends from Wheeling High School and his younger days in Prospect Heights are gathering Saturday for a fundraiser to buy him a customized van to help him get around as he battles ALS. The Goin' Mobile fundraiser takes place 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Pinstripes, 7 Oakbrook Center Mall on Illinois Route 83 just north of 22nd Street in Oak Brook.