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Drum roll……… The winner of the 2014 Walk To End Alzheimer’s® Car Raffle is Rosie Velasquez from Newport News! Congratulations to Rosie for winning a 2014 Camry XLE Sedan donated by Hampton Roads Toyota Dealers.Special thanks to all of our raffle participants – 15,000 tickets were sold! Each step you take helps to fight Alzheimer’sContinue reading “The winner of the 2014 Walk To End Alzheimer’s® Car Raffle….”

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month! #ALZSEVA http://ow.ly/DLcXH

I’m walking to help reclaim the future for millions. By participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s?, I’m committed to raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer research, care and support. A few years ago, Jim and I started the process of trying to figure out what was going on with him. Things justContinue reading “Why I Walk – Karen Garner”

I walk . . . because both of my Grandmothers and my Sweet Mother, my Aunt (her sister) and my Uncle (her brother) cannot. I walk . . . because my family has been devastated by this horrific disease, which took their precious memories of loved ones and friends. The years of joy and tearsContinue reading “Why I Walk – Anna Jiannine”

I walk for my father, Walter “Butch” Delaney Jr. My father started showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s right before my 18th birthday in January 2008 at the age of 59. He would become very irritable and would mistake the television remote for the phone. By May of that year we had no choice but to placeContinue reading “Why I Walk – Jessica Hubbard”

Alzheimer’s was a part of my life even before I spoke my first word, took my first step or even opened my eyes for the first time. My grandmother developed early onset Alzheimer’s before I was born. When other little girls were being doted on by their grandmother, I was helping my mother to careContinue reading “Why I Walk – Sheryl Prendergast”

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s Disease.  It’s fatal…..Yet I am a survivor of this horrible illness. How can that happen?  A miracle?   I just said that there is no cure. I’m not sure when I first noticed the symptoms. It was actually several years before the diagnosis.  It took a long time to getContinue reading “Why I Walk – Janet Hastings”

It’s hard to imagine but Alzheimer’s disease has been a part of my family for over 17 years.  My grandmother, Annie “Jo” Ward, was the first to be diagnosed.  She was an amazing woman with many talents who loved to stay busy.  My grandmother would sit for hours, at the kitchen table, working on crosswordContinue reading “Why I Walk – Sarah Smith”

My name is David Lamb. I walk in memory of my Grandma Octavia Josephine Lamb who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and passed away from the disease back on January 26, 1998. I also walk in honor and memory of my great Grandma Ina Agnes Howard and my great Uncle Larry Howard, both of whomContinue reading “Why I Walk – David Lamb”

My beautiful intelligent Mother was diagnosed in her 60’s.  She passed away from this cruel disease 10 years later.  Some of her siblings also had Alzheimer’s.  The end of this story is that I have a strong family history of Alzheimer’s.  I walk for my Mother who was taken away too early. I was diagnosedContinue reading “Why I Walk – Sharron Warren”