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DO A LITTLE BIG THING: Go Casual for Our Cause

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Go Casual for a Cause in your workplace to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s.

Encourage your co-workers to dress down or wear jeans in exchange for a small donation (usually $5) to the Alzheimer’s Association. Display your commitment to the cause by wearing our symbol. Visit our special Casual for the Cause site to order your free kit.

During the months of June and July, the Chapter is going to show you how you can Do A Little Big Thing to end Alzheimer’s. Stay tuned every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for another way to get involved with the cause and bring us closer to a cure.

DO A LITTLE BIG THING: Do you know “The Basics?”

big-thing-526-stkdAlzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. It is a progressive and fatal brain disease that is the most common form of dementia.

The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease is a workshop, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, for anyone who would like to know more about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

The workshop’s information includes:

  • Symptoms and effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia
  • How Alzheimer’s affects the brain
  • Causes and risk factors
  • How to find out if it’s Alzheimer’s disease
  • The benefits of early detection
  • How to address a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
  • Stages of the disease
  • Treatment
  • Hope for the future
  • Ways the Alzheimer’s Association can help

The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease workshop is perfect for community presentations, corporate employee wellness meetings, support group programming and more.

Find a presentation near you by visiting the Chapter’s events calendar. For more information on The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, contact the Alzheimer’s Association at cny-info@alz.org or call 800.272.3900.

During the months of June and July, the Chapter is going to show you how you can Do A Little Big Thing to end Alzheimer’s. Stay tuned every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for another way to get involved with the cause and bring us closer to a cure.

HHS Releases Update to National Alzheimer’s Plan

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease: 2013 Update. The first-ever National Alzheimer’s Plan, initially released in May 2012, was mandated by the bipartisan National Alzheimer’s Project Act (P.L. 111-375), which Congress passed unanimously in 2010. The 2013 Update includes a new timeline for achieving its first goal – prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 – and a review of progress over the past year.

READ: National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease
READ: National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease: 2013 Update

“The Alzheimer’s Association commends HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for her ongoing work to ensure a strong implementation of the National Alzheimer’s Plan and the inclusion of a timeline to reach the Plan’s goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by 2025,” said Harry Johns, President and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association and member of the Advisory Council to the Plan. “So that this plan called for by Congress can be translated into results, Congress now must continue its leadership by supporting the additional $100 million included in the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget for the fight against Alzheimer’s.” Continue reading →

Watertown Elementary Studies Do A Little Big Thing

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Over the next two months, The Chapter is focusing on ways you can Do A Little Big Thing in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Today, we shine the spotlight on a Little Big Thing that happened Thursday in Watertown.

IMG_1871The Widrick triplets — Evan, Nolan and Reese — led their classmates at Sherman Elementary in Watertown in an effort called “Change for a Change.”

The second annual event involved the entire school collecting spare change to support the Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter. At a school assembly on Thursday, the triplets and their 350+ classmates presented the Chapter with a check for $1,005.

NEWS COVERAGE: Elementary students collect $1,000 for Alzheimer’s Association (YNN)

Following the assembly, the students walked with their teachers to a neighboring facility, Samaritan Keep Home, where they visited and sang to the residents.

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The triplets, who take part in the Greater Watertown Walk To End Alzheimer’s each fall with their family on the “Walking for Nana” team, started this fundraiser with help from their parents and the school last year. They have raised more than $2,000 to support the fight against Alzheimer’s disease in their two years of collecting Change for a Change.

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DO A LITTLE BIG THING: Don’t Just Walk To End Alzheimer’s®

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Have your ever wondered how an event like Walk To End Alzheimer’s® comes together? Did you ever say to yourself, “I have an idea that could make this event better.”

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk To End Alzheimer’s® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Since 1989, we’ve mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk; now we’re continuing to lead the way with the Walk To End Alzheimer’s®.

Each Walk has its own specific committee that works to identify, cultivate and solicit Walk sponsors; promote the event in the community; and help recruit walkers, teams and volunteers. Committees meet on a monthly basis and work directly with the chapter staff to make Walk To End Alzheimer’s® a successful event.

Together, we can end Alzheimer’s — the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. Email cny-volunteer@alz.org or call the office nearest you and press 7 to learn more.

During the months of June and July, the Chapter is going to show you how you can Do A Little Big Thing to end Alzheimer’s. Stay tuned every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for another way to get involved with the cause and bring us closer to a cure.

DO A LITTLE BIG THING: Giving at Work

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Everyone wins with workplace giving campaigns.

They offer employees a chance to donate to a worthy cause directly from their paycheck, often times using pre-tax dollars. Companies know they are making their community a better place to live by offering their staff a chance to make an easy and affordable charitable contribution. Nonprofits, like the Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter, benefit from the generosity of donors who choose to designate dollars to their cause.

Giving to the Chapter during your company’s campaign is as easy as writing our name. We are a member of Community Health Charities and a number of other corporate workplace giving organizations. During United Way giving campaigns, you can simply write-in our chapter’s name: Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter.

Public employees can also get in on the act. We participate in the Combined Federated Campaign (CFC #6208) or the State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA #59-704). All you have to do is mark the application with our organization code.

During the months of June and July, the Chapter is going to show you how you can Do A Little Big Thing to end Alzheimer’s. Stay tuned every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for another way to get involved with the cause and bring us closer to a cure.