Ronqeiya Luther – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

We are endlessly grateful to our volunteers for giving their time to better the lives of those impacted by Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Our volunteers are truly the heart of the Alzheimer’s Association here in North Carolina. In honor of National Volunteer Week 2020, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Chapter each day. Today […]

Tommy Macon – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Mary Lindsay West – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Sandra Lindenmuth – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Susan Spivock Smith – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Marge Swierz – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Devon Newton – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Kim Carpenter – National Volunteer Week 2020 Spotlight

April 17, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Mike Helps Male Caregivers Understand Alzheimer’s

April 6, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

22 years ago, while living in St. Louis, Mike Caldwell, a resident of the Triangle area in North Carolina, walked into the Alzheimer’s Association’s offices seeking help to navigate his mother’s diagnosis. “I walked in and this was before computers were a big deal,” Mike says. “We weren’t sharing a lot of resources online like […]

Susan Walks in the Sand to Honor Her Father on The Longest Day

March 30, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Susan Spivock Smith, an Emerald Isle resident, remembers her father as an active and devoted father and grandfather. “He was just a great, fun guy,” Susan says. “He liked dancing and music and coaching baseball. He was very social and never met anybody he didn’t know and like.” But around four years ago, Susan’s dad […]