Help us meet the 2012 Spring Matching Gift Challenge

Dear,

Weddings, graduations, proms… spring is a season of special milestones. Now, the Alzheimer’s Association® and three generous donors want to help people hold on to these memories. We need your help to meet this $700,000 Gift Challenge!

These three benefactors – the Johnston Family and the Simmons Foundation of Missouri, the Borman Family of Maine and the Cahn Family of New York – have agreed to collectively give $700,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association if we can raise this same amount by June 15.

While this opportunity ends soon, you still have time to make a gift that will further our mission and have twice the impact in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Your gift of $25 can become $50, and $50 can double to $100, if we receive it by June 15 and haven’t yet met the match.

This Gift Challenge is a special giving opportunity – but like spring, it lasts just a short time. Please show your support and make your donation today.

Thank you,

Angela

Angela Geiger
Chief Strategy Officer

https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2?df_id=12980&12980.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=615z8gq121.app243a

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Meet Our CSA Spotlight – Mike Brunt
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