Alzheimers Association Walk To End Alzheimers In Santa Monica Raises $122000
The Judy Fund Team named top fundraising team at Santa Monica Walk to End Alzheimers
More than 400 residents participated in this years Alzheimers Association Walk to End Alzheimers Santa Monica held at the Crescent Bay Park recently. Participants raised more than $122,000 to support the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimers Association during the October 22 walk.
We are thankful to all those who walked and all those who donated to support this important cause. The funds raised are critical to continuing our many programs which support families and to finding a cure to this progressive, fatal disease, said Alzheimers Association Walk Manager Donna Cohen.
The Judy Fund Team was the top fundraising team at this years Walk to End Alzheimers, raising more than $16,400.
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimers disease a leading cause of death in the United States. Additionally, more than 11 million family members and friends provide care to people living with Alzheimers and other dementias. In California alone, there are more than 690,000 people living with the disease and 1.12 million caregivers.
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Sunday, November 13, 2022 LA State Historic Park
The Making Memories Festival will return for its 2nd year during Alzheimers Awareness Month this November! Last years multi-cultural event featured iconic local bands as well as food truck vendors, games and activities, and an exhibitor area with both retail and informational booths focusing on brain health and other healthy lifestyle opportunities.
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¡Making Memories Festival regresará por su 2º año durante el Mes de Concientización sobre el Alzheimer este noviembre! Únase con nosotros y disfrute de bandas locales icónicas, sus favoritos camiones de comida, juegos y actividades, y un área de expositores informativos y de compras que se centran en la salud del cerebro y otras oportunidades de estilo de vida saludable.
$30 through 11/12/2022 | $35 at the door Guardian Society members get 10% off price of admission join today
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Early on, Los Lobos enjoyed critical success, winning the Grammy® for Best Mexican-American Performance for Anselma from its 1983 EP And a Time to Dance. A year later, the group released its full-length, major-label debut, How Will the Wolf Survive? Co-produced by Berlin and T Bone Burnett, the album was a college rock sensation that helped Los Lobos tie with Bruce Springsteen as Rolling Stones Artist of the Year.
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La Chapter Splitting From National Alzheimers Association
The Los Angeles-area chapter of the Alzheimers Association is splitting from the national organization, the latest in a string of departures that could impact the national groups bottom line.
The chapter, which covers Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, announced its decision Thursday to separate and form its own organization. Chapters in San Diego and Orange County, California announced similar plans late last year, as did chapters in New York City and New Jersey.
The departures come after the Alzheimers Association voted last fall to consolidate into one national organization that will centrally manage the funds and programs for people living with the disease throughout the United States.
Currently, local chapters are affiliated with the umbrella national group and help fund its operations and research. But they are independent nonprofits that keep about 60 percent of the money they raise and largely set their own priorities on how to spend it. Under the new structure, the Chicago-based national headquarters will be the only legal entity of the Alzheimers Association.
The Los Angeles-area chapter decided to go out on its own because of concerns that the consolidation would take away local flexibility and make it harder to provide services tailored to the diverse population of Southern California, said Susan Galeas, president and CEO of the new organization, known as Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles.
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Working Collaboratively In The Fight To End Alzheimers
Last year, the Los Angeles Business Journal recognized the Alzheimers Association California Southland Chapters Walk to End Alzheimers California Southland Chapter series as a finalist for fundraising event of the year.
We were honored, thrilled and excited to have pivoted to a new format that allowed us to not just continue, but to expand, serving families across the vast Los Angeles County geography and its extraordinary multicultural communities.
Within a month of the Safer at Home Order, we were able to offer more than 45 free online and telephone support groups. We brought the worlds leading researchers to home via localized, interactive research seminars to ensure all families had access to learning the most about maintaining healthy brains as well as Alzheimers and all other dementias.
We continued advocating for increased services for those with dementia and their caregivers and found more ways to reach Los Angeles families. These and many more pivots were made possible in part through the many organizations represented in the pages of the Los Angeles Business Journal, their leaders, their team members and their dedication to our communities throughout the pandemic.
Last year, more than 6,600 participants across the Alzheimers Association Walk to End Alzheimers California Southland Chapter area and The Longest Day signature event, raised more than $1.9 million.
This is all due to our participants and partners.