By: Athletic Communications
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh will honor former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates for his courage and dedication to ALS research and awareness at a public rally at City Hall Plaza in Boston on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 at 2 p.m.
The event coincides with the day's release of the new book The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS written by New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman and acclaimed journalist Dave Wedge. Fifty percent of the book proceeds will go directly to Frates and his family.