Honor a special mom this Mother’s Day – Alzheimer’s disease
My mother, Tish Smith, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 62. Shortly after, she enrolled in a clinical trial and that experience gave us hope for a cure.
That’s why my husband Clay and I have agreed to donate up to $800,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association’s research and New Investigator Research Grant program (NIRG) if the Association raises the same amount by Ju?ne 15, 20?14.
As Mother’s Day approaches, I hope you’ll honor a special mother by making an urgently needed gift today.
My mother was an active Southern lady who could accomplish more in 24 hours than anyone I’ve ever known. But within four years of her diagnosis, she no longer knew her family and spent her last six years in a vegetative state.
I promised her that I would never forget what Alzheimer’s did to her and our family and pledged to do everything I could to make a difference.
My mother used to say that life was about family, faith and giving back. Clay and I feel the same way. We support the Alzheimer’s Association because we’re excited about the hope that we can offer to families facing Alzheimer’s in the future – hope that wasn’t available when my mother was diagnosed.
Imagine what we can do together if we fight to change the course of the disease! And if you give by June? 15, your tax-deductible gift could go twice as far in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Please join us – if we all do our part, we can make a difference.
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