Gwen Franklin of Hercules was very close to her grandmother, Wyolene. When Wyolene developed dementia, Gwen cared for her. For the second year, Gwen has invited her family, friends and other church members to...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 7, 2019 · Last modified October 17, 2019
The Alzheimer’s Association® is fortunate to have support from many companies across the country. The largest is our strategic alliance with Edward Jones, a fortune 500 financial-services firm. For the third time in a...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 7, 2019 · Last modified October 8, 2019
Since they both loved the San Francisco Giants, Carole knew that a baseball-themed fundraiser would be a good way to honor the memory of her husband, Ray. It also turned out to be a...
Finding his pathLike many young people growing up in Peru, Serggio Lanata, MD, MS was encouraged to decide on a career path before entering college. After figuring out what didn’t interest him, Serggio started...
What started off as a one-time volunteer opportunity, helping at an Alzheimer’s Association education conference, has become a passion project for Sue Warwick of Chico. Over the past year and a half, Sue has...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published September 20, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2019
Claudia Knowlton-Chike supports the Alzheimer’s Association in honor of her father, Dick, who died from Alzheimer’s in 2019. She has developed a four-part approach to encourage her coworkers at Google to join her. Dad’s...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published September 12, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2025
In 1999, Stephanie Hanna lost her grandmother, Gui, to Alzheimer’s. That was the first year she turned her sadness and anger at losing her grandmother into action, participating in the Reno-Sparks Walk to End...
Sirleen Ghileri of Aptos has figured out the trick to raising money for Walk to End Alzheimer’s quickly and effortlessly. Her strategies are sending emails and using Facebook fundraising. Sirleen raises money to honor...
