Suraj Upadhya – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 18, 2021.Reading time 4 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 2021, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Chapter each day. Today […]

Parnika Patnaik – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 18, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

National Volunteer Week 2021 — A Thanks from NC Leadership

April 16, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Dear North Carolina Alzheimer’s Association Volunteers, Thank you!! The past year has presented all of us with many hurdles and the need for adaptation, and YOU, our volunteers, have risen to the challenge! While we are grateful for all you do each and every day, we wanted to pause for a moment during National Volunteer […]

Online Gamers Find Unique Ways to Fight Alzheimer’s

April 12, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

While some of us may not know how to turn on a gaming console let alone consider ourselves to be streamers or gamers, we probably all know someone who lives for it! Maybe it’s your grandchild or best friend or co-worker. Invite them to show off their skills and help us #ENDALZ. We’re calling all […]

Journalism, BBQ and P-3 Orions Led Me to the Alzheimer’s Association

April 12, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’ll never forget the day in Fall 2013, sitting in the parking lot of a BBQ restaurant next to the ‘World’s Largest Honky Tonk’ in Fort Worth, Texas. I was an anxious-to-graduate senior journalism student at Texas Christian University, fresh off a Summer internship at Dallas TV news station WFAA. Like many universities, TCU hosts […]

Forum Seeks Input on Unique Needs of Rural North Carolina Communities

April 5, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Alzheimer’s Association in North Carolina, in partnership with The North Carolina Rural Health Leadership Alliance (NCRHLA), will be hosting a virtual Alzheimer’s Community Forum, Challenges and Opportunities: Alzheimer’s & Dementia in Rural NC, in April to hear from local area residents of rural communities statewide. The forum is a gathering for people who have […]

Racing Family Leads the Pack in the Pursuit to End Alzheimer’s Disease

April 5, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

The Ryan Blaney Family Foundation To Be Honored at 2021 Charlotte Memory Gala There was no burnout to celebrate when the then 24-year-old driver Ryan Blaney scored his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway in June 2017. Instead, he elected to perform a slow roll down the front stretch, as a hat […]

We Give Three Cheers for Volunteers

April 5, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

On behalf of those we serve, we are eternally grateful for our volunteers that move our mission forward. During National Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 18-24) we are taking a moment to celebrate all of you who are volunteers (or potential volunteers!) here in North Carolina for the Association. You are invited to join us for […]

2021 Virtual State Advocacy Day at a Glance

March 29, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

As we are all learning to pivot and reimagine our world in a digital space this year, advocacy in support of those with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers has been adapting. This March, volunteers found a way to successfully have a day of story telling and advocate for state policy from the comfort of their own […]

April Showers to Help The Longest Day “Flower”

March 29, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

You’re invited to grow your support in the fight against Alzheimer’s this spring by registering for The Longest Day and making your participation perennial! For a limited time, we will send you an Alzheimer’s Association branded umbrella if you register for The Longest Day 2021 and complete three actions in your participant center. This special […]