As a sponsor of the 2018 Walk End Alzheimer’s, we have come across some very inspiring stories on why some supporters are Walking… “I come from a rather large family of 12. Approximately 8 years ago, one of my older sisters was diagnosed with dementia. Imagine our shock receiving this diagnosis. Our family is overloaded...
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Why I Walk: Camille Quiles’ Story
Why I Walk: Camille Quiles’ Story Margarita Jusino. That’s the name of the woman who raised me. Always a family of devotion, my grandmother took care of me while both of my parents worked all hours of the day. She taught me about the importance of always being myself, told me stories of the island...
“Why I Walk” For Alzheimer
Why I Walk: Sharon Milford’s Story by Tiffany C. Chaney Sharon Milford was blessed with an awesome grandmother and who she describes as a bonus grandmother. Sharon grew up on a small farm in Millbrook, where her dad’s mother Fannie McKeithen lived in the house next door. Mother to seven children and grandmother to eleven...
Why The Alzheimer’s Association?
Why The Alzheimer’s Association? – inCity Magazine – We at inCity Magazine recently became a sponsor of the 2017 Walk To End Alzheimer’s. The statistics about Alzheimer’s and the impact this brain disease has on the world is startling! For more info: www.alz.org/walk/
inCity Magazine Sponsors The 2017 Walk To End Alzheimer’s
Montgomery, AL – “Good times come and go…but the memories last for ever”. But, for over 5 Million Americans who have Alzheimer’s, those memories have ended. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with...
Birmingham: Alzheimer’s Awareness Program with AKA’s
The Alzheimer’s Association (Alabama) hosted the AKA’s from across the State of Alabama in a Research Reception at UAB. What Is Dementia? What Is Alzheimer’s? AKA Member A. Faye Boykin-Calhoun speaks on how this awareness program has helped her and others.