The story of how Seahorse found Trouble
We could start this out with the old adage that you don’t know what you’re missing until you find it. Or that someone is looking down on you and continues to bless you (if...
Category: Alzheimer’s champions
I played flag football as a kid; now I play to fight Alzheimer’s
I grew up playing flag football with my dad and most of the 12 boys on my street. We also played hockey, baseball and soccer. We played for fun, to get our exercise and...
Feinstein co-sponsors Alzheimer’s Accountability Act
Achieving change through legislation can be a long, drawn-out process. When you’re impatient for a way to cure and treat Alzheimer’s disease, the pace can seem particularly slow. So it was very exciting to...
Interview with our CEO: What are we doing about Alzheimer’s disease?
In this interview on the podcast The Aging Boomers, our Chapter CEO Bill Fisher discusses Alzheimer’s basics such as the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia and talks about what we are doing to combat...
Why I Walk: Victoria’s story
I Walk to End Alzheimer’s for my grandmother Maria Villarreal. My grandmother is my family’s rock. She has six children and worked as a field laborer and a homemaker. Everything we did while I...
Team Soggy Waffles honors Dad with a day of adventure from sunrise to sunset
Our team Soggy Waffles, is participating in the Longest Day in honor of all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, especially my dad Jim. My family noticed symptoms in 2008, during...
Hiking the Appalachian Trail for Mom on The Longest Day
On June 21, I will begin the second half of my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail beginning at Rockfish Gap, VA-the southern start of the Shenandoah National Park. In 2009, my dream of thru-hiking...
Reflections on 2014 Advocacy Day in Sacramento
On March 4, more than 130 “ordinary” Californians — all touched in some way by Alzheimer’s disease — convened in Sacramento for the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Advocacy Day. We came from across the state,...
