In addition to being widely recognized for the outstanding funds raised for the mission of the Alzheimer’s Association, the Charlotte Memory Gala is also known for an outstandingly good time. Live entertainment has been an important part of the event since it began. And we are excited to share information on the musical groups that […]
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“Spitfire” is one word that Lolita Tripp of Angier, North Carolina uses to describe her mother, Patricia (Pat) Demmel. It only takes a moment to realize that “like mother, like daughter.” A shared trait that, no doubt, serves Lolita well as a volleyball coach. On meeting, Lolita, you immediately notice her purple hair and smiling eyes. Her […]
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“She was very stoic in nature and quiet which is very unlike me,” chuckles June Ward about her mother Pauline. “Mom would much rather help her dad in the garden than spend time with her mom learning how to sew. She was very much a tomboy.” Pauline Plemmons Fowler was born in 1923, the daughter […]
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“Being an only child of both parents who have/had Alzheimer’s disease — and with one of them not living close by is stressful,” begins Jennifer Workman, an occupational therapist in Wilmington, North Carolina. “It’s like you are grieving. Your parents are still there, but because you know they are living with the disease, it’s just […]
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Born in Puerto Rico, Josephine “Josie” Torres and her family moved to Brooklyn, New York. She had many jobs, at one of them she worked as a seamstress. “Mommy used to make our clothes,” offers Nashaba Pledger who lives in Pfafftown, North Carolina. “They each had a label that said ‘Made With Love by Mom’ […]
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About 18 years ago, Hickory resident, Beth Schlosser, made the decision to seek out her birth mother. “You know it was a pretty unique situation,” shares Beth. “On ‘Oprah,’ where there are great success stories; then you see on ‘Jerry Springer,’ there’s not so great connection stories.” Beth, whose twins were infants at the time, […]
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“Dealing with dementia was like a glove fitting my hand perfectly,” begins Angela Simpson of Kannapolis, North Carolina. “My profession as an activity director with Morningside of Concord at the time coupled with caring for my grandparents — who had three different types of dementia — 15 years ago, evoked my sense of passion for […]
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“My mom was one of those people that everybody had a place at the table. There were no strangers. My sisters, brothers and I could bring home anybody, and there was always room to make another place at the table. It’s the kind of person she was. Everybody was family,” shared Rosemarie Marshall, a new […]
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With a cheerful demeanor from her kitchen in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Brenda Sutton is busy preparing large quantities of homemade food over the next two weeks. While it may seem like a heavy lift to some, for Brenda, her enthusiasm is palpable as she works on this tasty fundraiser for her Walk to End Alzheimer’s […]
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Sometimes life gives us what we need before we know we need it. That was true for Kelly Millington, president of the New Bern Rotary Club, as his personal and professional worlds began to collide last year. “I had a grandmother that had issues with memory loss, but I had not experienced it much in […]
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