Shop the AFA store this Holiday season

I may or may not have mentioned in the past that my grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. This condition is debilitating, robbing those afflicted of their most treasured possessions, their memories, their dignity and their self respect.

The Holiday season is not the time most people want to think about something like this. It’s a time for joy, family and togetherness. For some, it’s one of the most trying times of the year, as they watch a loved one struggle to remember the names of the grandchildren seated in front of them, or perhaps even forget that the holidays are here at all.

In this time of giving, there is a way that you can help. I’m not asking you to give of your time or to educate anyone. I’m asking for you to spend a few dollars on something you might have purchased anyway. If you purchase a holiday gift at the AFA store, part of your purchase will go to finding a cure to this disease, hopefully ensuring that there is never another generation of people who forget their loved ones, their families or their past again. If there is nothing at the store you would like to purchase, please consider making a contribution to Alzheimer’s research. You may do so by phone, by mail or online through a secure form.

Every penny counts in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. The work done by Alzheimer’s researchers has turned up many clues over the past decade, and all of these are leading to treatments for the condition. One day there will be a cure, and i hope that it is in my lifetime.

I’m not optimistic that anything we can do will help my grandmother, and this is not a plea on her behalf. She will have left us to go to a better place by the time a cure is found. I’m asking on behalf of the generations that follow her, so that no one will ever have to live through the kind of heartbreak that this disease brings to a family.

Please, help if you can.

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