Keep voting for the Alzheimer’s Association to “Share the Love”

The Alzheimer’s Association is one of six charities in the running for a spot in Subaru of America’s 2012 “Share the Love” event. We’re currently in the lead, and we need your votes to sustain that momentum. Help us receive a portion of $5 million from Subaru’s “Share the Love” event. Please vote on Facebook today and every day through Aug. 26, and share this information with your Facebook friends.
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Recently the Alzheimer’s Association was named the top large nonprofit to work for by The NonProfit Times. This marks the second year in a row that the Association has made the list, partially due to our programs for employees, including caregiver support groups and elder care leave. We hope that through this newsletter, we can share some of our tools with you, making it easier for Alzheimer’s caregivers in the workplace.

Please plan ahead to promote these initiatives.

September – Take action during World Alzheimer’s Month

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and a great opportunity to Go Purple at work to fight Alzheimer’s. Host a fundraising event like Purple for a Purpose and encourage employees to dress down in exchange for a small donation. Work with your local Alzheimer’s Association chapter to host an educational session or support group at the office. Alzheimer’s Action Day, Sept. 21, is a perfect day to hold your event! More ideas on how to Go Purple at work.

Beginning in September, visit alz.org/WAM to see a full list of activities and ideas on how you can join the fight. And on Sept.21, we’ll send you a link to the just-released 2012 World Alzheimer’s Report, revealing the state of Alzheimer’s disease across the globe.

October – Promote our new Alzheimer’s Navigator

Balance between work and family is a necessity, and for a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s, it’s especially important. For employees who have expressed challenges caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Navigator can serve as a guide to create a care plan. Navigator asks those facing the disease to answer a series of questions and responds with a customized plan and resources to help with any challenge. Share Alzheimer’s Navigator with your employees using this article.

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Barbecues, baseball games, trips to the beach or pool – we all want to make the most of summer’s end. And the Alzheimer’s Association^® needs your help to make the most of a special $250,000 matching gift opportunity that ends Sept. 21 — Alzheimer’s Action Day and the last day of summer.

The Peyton Family Foundation has pledged $250,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association if we are able to raise that same amount by Sept. 21.

Thanks to the Foundation’s generosity, your gift can go twice as far. Your donation of $50 can become $100 and $100 can become $200. In fact, any amount you give by Sept. 21 can further our mission and double the impact we make together in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

We need your help to make the most of this $250,000 challenge. Please give today.

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Together, the Alzheimer’s Association and dedicated individuals like you led the way to an historic victory for the Alzheimer’s community: the first ever National Alzheimer’s Plan. This comprehensive national plan outlines the important goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025.

Even as we celebrate this achievement, we know our work isn’t done.

The simple truth is that the National Alzheimer’s Plan needs Congress to allocate sufficient, dedicated funding to be effective. In a recent setback, both House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees have put forth bills that fail to include additional resources for Alzheimer’s disease.

We are disappointed that Congress has not taken this opportunity to support the implementation of the National Alzheimer’s Plan with additional funding. However, the federal funding process is a year-long effort. It is not a sprint, it is a marathon.

We have important opportunities over the next several months to advocate for $100 million in additional resources for Alzheimer’s disease research, education, care and support activities.

We’ve come too far to let this plan sit on a shelf. We need your help now.

• Contact your members of Congress and urge them to make Alzheimer’s a national priority!
• Find a Town Hall event near you and get involved. Come engage elected officials and public health leaders on the importance of implementing the National Alzheimer’s Plan, increasing resources for Alzheimer’s research and programs, and furthering your state’s efforts to address this disease.

Speak up and make it impossible for our leaders to ignore this disease.

Percussionist drums up support for people with Alzheimer’s

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-09/news/33104723_1_ipods-dave-roth-music

A professional percussionist has started a drive to collect iPods to be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association New York Chapter. He was inspired by his parents, both of whom have Alzheimer’s disease, but in particular his mother, who has lost most of her ability to communicate verbally but still responds to music.
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