Good Neighbor Pharmacy pledges support to help fight Alzheimer’s – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Good Neighbor Pharmacy locations across the country will be raising awareness for the 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and funds for care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association in June. During Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, Good Neighbor Pharmacy customers who donate a minimum of $1 will receive a The Longest Day pin-up to honor someone facing Alzheimer’s. As an official sponsor of The Longest Day, Good Neighbor Pharmacy is committed to raising a minimum of $100,000 for the fight to end the disease.

Good Neighbor Pharmacy^®, an AmerisourceBergen program, is a network of more than 3,500 independently owned and operated community pharmacies. Each Good Neighbor Pharmacy is dedicated to offering quality products and value pricing with pharmacists trained to guide customers through the maze of information about staying healthy.

AmerisourceBergen is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical service companies, servicing both pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare providers with a range from niche logistics and pharmaceutical packaging to reimbursement and pharmaceutical consulting services.

AmerisourceBergen is committed to making a positive impact on the communities in which it operates, contributing a portion of its profits back into communities. As part of this commitment to communities, Good Neighbor Pharmacy is joining the Alzheimer’s Association in support of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month as the Official Sponsor of The Longest Day. Throughout June, participating Good Neighbor Pharmacies nationwide will be raising awareness by offering information about the ten signs of Alzheimer’s disease and inviting customers to make a donation at check-out. Customers who donate a minimum of $1 will receive a “The Longest Day” pin-up to honor someone facing the disease.

For more information, visit www.amerisourcebergenfoundation.com.

From June 1-30, 2017, 100% of donations at checkout at participating Good Neighbor Pharmacies, with a minimum donation of $100,000, will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

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LAST CHANCE to DOUBLE your impact. – Alzheimer’s Association – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month is nearly over, and so is the chance to have double the impact this month. Your gift can go twice as far to help enhance our care and support services for all those affected as well as advance research efforts — but only until June 30 .
A family foundation that wishes to remain anonymous has generously pledged to donate $50,000 in recognition of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month.
During the last days of this month, as we raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on individuals and families nationwide, please take this opportunity to double your impact in the fight against Alzheimer’s. When you make a donation and show your support for those affected by Alzheimer’s, your gift of $35 can become $70, a gift of $60 can become $120, or your especially generous gift of $120 can become $240. Your donation can go twice as far to fund care and support services and advance critical research efforts.
Please make your gift before Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month ends. This special matching gift opportunity is coming to a close, and you only have until tomorrow at midnight to make twice the difference in our efforts to end this deadly disease.
On behalf of the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s and their more than 15 million caregivers, thank you for your generous support.

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Kimlona Brown makes The Longest Day a sweet event – Alzheimer’s Association – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

“I am planning a ‘sweet tooth’ event because my grandmother loved sweets. This event will be all about tasting different kinds of sweets and making a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association. It’s always a blessing to give support because you never know when it may affect you. The Longest Day is a great opportunity to get informed, learn the facts, and show support to those that have been affected by this disease. We have to find a cure.”

Kimlona Brown makes The Longest Day a sweet event

The Longest Day is all about love. Love for all those affected by Alzheimer’s. On the summer solstice, teams from all across Illinois are participating in activities that they love in support of the Alzheimer’s Association. Together, we will raise funds and awareness for care and support while advancing research toward the first survivor of Alzheimer’s. In this article, we feature one of our Longest Day participants, Kimlona Brown.

“The love I have for my grandmother is the type that goes to infinity,” math teacher and Chicago native, Kimlona Brown said. “She had always been there ever since I remember.”

Kimlona loves to reminisce about growing up with her spirited grandmother, and even compares the experience to ‘Meet the Browns.’

“My grandma had nine children – six boys and three girls – and plenty of grandchildren,” Kimlona said. “The majority of us lived with her at some point in our lives, which was truly an experience.”
Kimlona says her grandmother was always fearless and full of life, but in 2014, her grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. Then in 2008, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Kimlona Brown had to watch her loving grandmother slowly begin to deteriorate.

“I remember she would always talk about forgetting things,” Kimlona said. “One time I cooked food for her and she asked who cooked all the good looking food. It hit me like a ton of bricks.  I told I her that I did, and asked if she would like some to take home. I dropped her off at home and cried all the way back to my house.”

“I knew I had to do something to help my grandmother,” Kimlona said. “I knew Ylandus Roundy, manager of The Longest Day since I had done work with her in the past. She introduced me to the work the Alzheimer’s Association and invited me to participate in The Longest Day. I found such a great support group through my team.”

Although Kimlona became very active in rising critical funds for Alzheimer’s research, her grandmother’s health began to decline rapidly, which led to her passing in October of 2016.

“She was well taken care of over the years,” Kimlona said. “She is truly missed. But participating in The Longest Day allows me to honor my grandmother’s life and raise funds to help find a cure.”

Keeping her grandmother in mind, Kimlona’s participation in this year’s Longest Day invokes a true celebration of her grandmother.

“I am planning a ‘sweet tooth’ event because my grandmother loved sweets. If it was sweet she was willing to try it,” Kimlona said. “This event will be all about tasting different kinds of sweets and making a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association. Devo Entertainment will help with promoting the event so that we can have good attendance and meet the fundraising goal or beyond.”

“I am raising funds to find a cure and support an organization that cares about helping,” Kimlona said. “I hope these funds will help support families during their time of need.”

Kimlona also expressed hope that her participation will encourage others to get involved.

“It’s always a blessing to give support and be a blessing to others, because you never know when it may affect you,” Kimlona said. “The Longest Day is a great opportunity to get informed, learn the facts, and show support to those that have been affected by this disease. We have to find a cure.”

Join The Longest Day – Team up with the Alzheimer’s Association.
Select an activity you love, and plan your event on or around The Longest Day.

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Hurry – this opportunity will soon end – Alzheimer’s Association – Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Your gift can have twice the impact during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month.

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Fight back with a gift that can gotwice as far.
$35 ? $70
$60 ? $120
$120 ? $240

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month — and right now there is a special opportunity for you to double the impact of your gift in our fight against the nation’s largest under-recognized public health crisis. But time is running out.
A family foundation that wishes to remain anonymous has generously pledged to match every gift we receive during this matching gift challenge — up to $50,000 — in honor of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness month.
Thanks to this generous gift, any amount you give today can go twice as far to further our mission to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
Between now and June 30, your gift of $35 can become $70, a gift of $60 can become $120, or your especially generous gift of $120 can become $240. There are only a few days left for your gift to have double the impact.
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and over 15 million are acting as their caregivers, making your continued support important to so many. Thank you in advance for making a tax-deductible gift in recognition of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month today.

P.S. Currently, there is no way to prevent, cure or even slow Alzheimer’s disease. Your gift during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month can go twice as far to fund care and support services and advance critical research efforts. Please be as generous as you can today.Thank you.

Your donation will strengthen our efforts to advance Alzheimer’s care, support and research. From face-to-face support to online education programs and promising global research initiatives, your gift makes a difference in the lives of all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementias in your community and across the world. Thank you for your continued support.

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Family hits the links on The Longest Day to fight Alzheimer’s disease –  Optimum Senior Care – Chicago In Home Caregivers

Today is The Longest Day^®, and thousands of participants are doing an activity they love to raise funds and awareness to help end Alzheimer’s disease. In 2013, Mickey Wakely was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s at age 55. His family wanted to find a way to fight back and to include Mickey; a golf tournament in his honor on The Longest Day was a choice that accomplished both.

Our Longest Day is spent playing golf, my husband Mickey’s favorite sport, which he grew up enjoying with his dad.

In 2013, at age 55, Mickey was diagnosed with early-onset (also known as younger-onset) Alzheimer’s disease. Our family wanted to find a way to fight back, and we wanted to include Mickey in whatever we did. A golf tournament in his honor on The Longest Day was the best – and most obvious – choice! 

Today marks our third annual “Mickey’s Mania” Golf Classic. Our friends will come from far (and not so far) to join us for a great day of fun, laughter, food and libations. Everyone is here because they know that even after Mickey is gone, there will be people who need caregiver support and resources from the Alzheimer’s Association – and we raise funds and awareness in honor of his amazing fight.

We started the day by setting up signs acknowledging our donors and supporters; as the players make their way through the 18 holes, they will see all the people who were crucial to putting this event together – and there are so many.

Players arrived bright and early at 7 a.m. to pick up their goody bags – of course wearing hats monogrammed with our “Mickey’s Mania” logo – and then enjoyed a breakfast assortment of traditional San Antonio breakfast tacos; these delicious essentials are crucial to powering through the long day ahead! As the players lined up, I reminded them that we are here to rejoice in life – making this day, The Longest Day, the best day ever.

Mickey has almost been in tears as he greets old friends he hasn’t seen in some time, along with people we don’t even know who showed up to play golf today and support the fight.  He asks: “Is this all for me?!”  I tell him yes, it is – for him and the millions of others living with Alzheimer’s disease.

As each team finishes their round, they make their way to the silent auction. Then The Kimberly Dunn Band entertains us through lunch, as they’ve done for the past two years.

Shortly, the top three teams will be awarded prizes and the winning team will be awarded the coveted monogrammed “Purple Jacket”, much in the style of the green Master’s tournament jacket given to the pros. As the players eat, our family will stop at each table, thanking everyone for coming. We are already a little sunburned, but it has all been worth it!

My favorite part of The Longest Day is driving in the golf cart and seeing each team as they play. Some people have run up to hug me or introduce themselves, and as always, this day will result in so many wonderful memories and photos. Mickey really enjoys looking at the pictures from the last two years of the event on our wall at home even though he can’t remember the celebrations. I am lucky to have my memories from each of those amazing days.

We won’t have the final numbers for few days, but our hope is always to raise more than the previous year. To date, our efforts have raised more than $50,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association; we hope that the numbers this year will exceed that, making it a record year for Mickey’s Mania.

Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease, and we wonder if Mickey will be here for next year’s tournament, which we are already in the midst of planning. As scary as that thought is, what we don’t have to wonder about is our commitment to this cause. Our family will continue to raise funds until our task is finished, and a cure is found – eradicating Alzheimer’s disease for good.

About the Author: Together with her family and friends, Jane Wakely is participating in Alzheimer’s Association The Longest Day^® on June 21, 2017, to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. You can visit Jane’s team page here.

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