News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published December 9, 2022 · Last modified January 26, 2024
This blog was originally written in December 2022 and has been updated to reflect recent changes. We asked Walk participants to share with us why they raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 14, 2022 · Last modified November 18, 2022
When Lynn McKenna’s father started experiencing memory loss in the 1960s, Lynn and her mother found themselves alone, without access to help or resources. More than 50 years later, Lynn joined the Walk Committee...
Caregiving / News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Michelle Johnston · Published July 11, 2022
In a two-year period, Crystal Tredway of Oakdale lost her parents, an aunt and an uncle to Alzheimer’s disease. As an intern with the Alzheimer’s Association last year, she had an opportunity to work...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Michelle Johnston · Published July 29, 2021 · Last modified July 19, 2021
When Tom Rush’s wife Linda died from Alzheimer’s he wanted to make sure others knew about the disease. He decided to paint his truck purple. Now Tom and his purple truck drive around the...
Katelynn Anderson of Santa Rosa has been going to Walk to End Alzheimer’s every year since she was born. She walks in honor of her two great grandmothers who both died with Alzheimer’s. Now...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 7, 2019 · Last modified October 8, 2019
Since they both loved the San Francisco Giants, Carole knew that a baseball-themed fundraiser would be a good way to honor the memory of her husband, Ray. It also turned out to be a...
What started off as a one-time volunteer opportunity, helping at an Alzheimer’s Association education conference, has become a passion project for Sue Warwick of Chico. Over the past year and a half, Sue has...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published September 20, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2019
Claudia Knowlton-Chike supports the Alzheimer’s Association in honor of her father, Dick, who died from Alzheimer’s in 2019. She has developed a four-part approach to encourage her coworkers at Google to join her. Dad’s...
