The Dance Continues

“Mom was a beautiful, bright light and just the loveliest of people,” shares Katharine Fuchs of Charlotte, North Carolina referring to her mother Barbara Boylan, affectionately known as BB. “She really loved hosting friends at their home in Asheville, gardening and dogs.” She was also an avid gift giver regardless of the holiday. BB enjoyed […]

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Charlotte Ranked Among Top 30 Walks Nationwide

The Alzheimer’s Association announced that its 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s® – Charlotte has been ranked No. 19 in the nation out of the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2022 Top 30 Walks. The Charlotte Walk earned a spot among this ranking for the first time in 2016 and has gotten increasingly more successful since then. Participants in […]

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A Limited-run Long-sleeved Promise Garden T-shirt Could Be Yours

Have you heard the exciting news? Walk to End Alzheimer’s® has a fresh new look, but at its heart is the same commitment from our Promise Garden — to honor, to remember and to fight to end Alzheimer’s. For a very limited time, everyone in North Carolina to registers for Walk and raises and/or donates […]

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Building an End to Alzheimer’s, One Phase at a Time

On the company website for McKee Homes it says, “There is no back office at McKee – we are one team, front and center.” This declaration speaks to every aspect of their business, but also accurately describes how they have also established themselves as a leader in the fight to end Alzheimer’s and all forms […]

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Thank You 2022 Eastern North Carolina Chapter Walk Sponsors

Many thanks for the generous support from our local sponsors of the 2022 Walk To End Alzheimer’s® events! Local sponsors of Walk to End Alzheimer’s have a unique opportunity to impact the success of our event while displaying commitment to the local community. We are grateful for all returning and new sponsors, whose support allows […]

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Thank You our 2022 Western Carolina Chapter Walk Sponsors

Many thanks for the generous support from our local sponsors of the 2022 Walk To End Alzheimer’s® events! Local sponsors of Walk to End Alzheimer’s have a unique opportunity to impact the success of our event while displaying commitment to the local community. We are grateful for all returning and new sponsors, whose support allows […]

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All In the Family: North Carolina Daughter Walks for Her Father and Siblings

The giver’s daughter For as long as Naomi Randolph could remember, her father, Richard Randolph was a giver. “My father taught us about giving…give and keep on giving. He led by example because he was always helping someone in the community.” Richard’s example resonated with Naomi and her thirteen brothers and sisters. This would be […]

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One Family’s Mantra — “Just Keep Swimming”

“I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, I don’t really remember yesterday all that well.” ~  Dory, “finding nemo” When the Disney produced “Finding Nemo” hit the movie theaters almost twenty years ago, it was Dory, the spunky, distracted blue fish who taught us all, in the face of adversity, to “just keep […]

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Lessons in Dignity

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” Laura Hillenbrand “Dad was one of the most selfless people […]

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