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Earlier this year we asked Walk participants to share with us why they raise funds for Walk to End Alzheimer’s®. In her own words, Crystal Payne, a resident of Nevada City, California, shares her...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 18, 2022 · Last modified December 9, 2022
Ralph Vigil, whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease, knows how important it is to have support when caring for a loved one living with the disease. As a board member of the Fresno American Indian...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 14, 2022 · Last modified November 18, 2022
When Lynn McKenna’s father started experiencing memory loss in the 1960s, Lynn and her mother found themselves alone, without access to help or resources. More than 50 years later, Lynn joined the Walk Committee...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 6, 2022 · Last modified November 18, 2022
This blog has been updated for 2022 and was originally published on November 16, 2021 on our nationwide blog and can be found here. Bob MacDonnell bought land in Napa Valley in 1978, with...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 31, 2022 · Last modified November 7, 2022
Keely White, whose grandmother, Roberta, had Alzheimer’s, has been participating in Walk to End Alzheimer’s® for five years. Within the last year Keely moved to San Francisco and is now a part of the...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Michelle Johnston · Published August 19, 2022 · Last modified July 29, 2022
Loni Reginato remembers her mother, Phyllis, as someone who was always ready for fun and adventure. After Phyllis was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Walk to End Alzheimer’s® came to Redding, the family formed team...
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by Michelle Johnston · Published August 5, 2022
Sandra Fuentes-Onoo lost her mother, Maria, to younger-onset Alzheimer’s in June. She and her family are participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s® – Napa Valley in honor of her mother. Sandra recently talked...
In her first year participating in Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, Audrey Sohikian of Fresno has already joined the Walk planning committee for the Walk in Madera. She walks in honor of her paternal grandparents,...
