Recent high school grad shares what it’s like on Chico Walk committee
At the age of six, Mikade Burns started unofficially volunteering for the Chico Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Twelve years later,...
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Visit the living Promise Garden in Humboldt County
By Robin Fong Joanne Conzelmann is a member of the Humboldt County Walk to End Alzheimer’s Planning Committee. Conzelmann and...
Grieving husband paints truck purple to raise Alzheimer’s awareness
When Tom Rush’s wife Linda died from Alzheimer’s he wanted to make sure others knew about the disease. He decided...
Santa Rosa pre-teen is a top Walk fundraiser
Katelynn Anderson of Santa Rosa has been going to Walk to End Alzheimer’s every year since she was born. She...
Knocking her fundraising out of the park
Since they both loved the San Francisco Giants, Carole knew that a baseball-themed fundraiser would be a good way to...
Chico super volunteer does it all
What started off as a one-time volunteer opportunity, helping at an Alzheimer’s Association education conference, has become a passion project...
Encouraging coworkers to support the Alzheimer’s Association
Claudia Knowlton-Chike supports the Alzheimer’s Association in honor of her father, Dick, who died from Alzheimer’s in 2019. She has...
20 years of Walk and still having fun
In 1999, Stephanie Hanna lost her grandmother, Gui, to Alzheimer’s. That was the first year she turned her sadness and...
