SHANE CAULDER – National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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MONA WILES – National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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JUSTIN STOUT – National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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CHRISTINA ATTI-UPTEGROW- National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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TIFFANY WOODWARD – National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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KA’LEISHA EVANS – National Volunteer Week 2025 Spotlight

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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]

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Together we can make an impact: Advocacy Engagement Week

On April 13 – 19, North Carolina will hold an Advocacy Engagement Week to raise awareness among our federal and state legislators, ask for their support for NC families facing Alzheimer’s or other dementia, and build momentum by harnessing the power of many advocates’ voices. With just a few minutes each day, you can make […]

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Alzheimer’s advocates from across N.C. travel to Raleigh to advance state policy priorities

Nearly 100 volunteer advocates, from 31 counties, representing all regions of the state gathered in Raleigh on February 11 for North Carolina Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day. They urged lawmakers to support better access to early diagnostic testing for Alzheimer’s and increased funding for Project C.A.R.E., the only state-funded dementia-specific respite care program. Meeting with 140 legislators […]

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Alzheimer’s Association Partners with Isaac Health to Host Statewide Education Series for Caregivers

The Alzheimer’s Association Chapters in North Carolina, in partnership with Isaac Health, a leading national provider of brain health and dementia care, are offering a free virtual weekly education series called The Empowered Caregiver to help caregivers navigate the responsibilities of caring for someone living with dementia.   “Our latest Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report […]

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I am his wife, his caregiver and his brain

Samantha Wright and her husband Wendell met at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. They graduated, married, had two boys, and built a great life together in Falls Church, V.A. – a beautiful love story. But, as you can imagine being that this story is on the Alzheimer’s Association blog, their happily ever after looks much […]

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