Come walk with me in Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 
The Alzheimer’s Association asked me to be honorary chair for this year’s Memory Walk–which takes place Oct. 2 at Longbranch Park in Geddes–and I was honored to accept.
My Dad was diagnosed two years ago with a disease that is similar to Alzheimer’s, called frontotemporal dementia. In his honor, I have formed Team DementiAwareness, named for my blog, DementiAwareness.com. That is where I write about news and information related to Alzheimer’s and other dementias, but also reflections on my dad and what he, and we as his family, are going through.
I invite you to join my team, form your own, or ask your employer to sponsor a team.
Here’s why:
It wasn’t too long ago that cancer had such a stigma.