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Lots of ways to get involved with the fight to end Alzheimer's

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Health Awareness Month

Lots of ways to get involved with the fight to end Alzheimer's

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Health Awareness Month

WELCOME BK.AC JUNE IS BRAIN HEALTH AND ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS MONTH AND JOINING US THIS MORNING IS KIMBERLY BEST SENIOR DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STHOU CAROLINA ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION FOR ASSAUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOINING US THIS MORNING. I’M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. WELL, THANKS FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING. AND FIRST OFF TELL USHE T SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MONTH. NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ALZHEIME’'S THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR LOVED ONES WELL, SO ALZHEIMER’S IN BRAIN AWARENESS MOHNT IS ACTUALLY A TIME THAT WE CAN HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEND A SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE 6.2 MILLION AMERICANS WHO ARE LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE. SO WE JUST GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES TO SWHO THEIR PURPLE PRIDE, WHICH IS OUR COLOR FOR THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCI. STATION OBVIOUSLY AND TO GET TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT THE DISEASE. AND GOING OFF THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME TIPS SOME SIGNS FOR MAYBE PEOPLE TO LKOO OUT FOR IN THEMSELVES OR ESPECIALLY LOOK OUT FOR IN THEIR LOVED ONES. SO AT THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION, WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT KNONGWI 10 SIGNS. SO THE 10 SIGNS THAT WE SHARE WE SAY THAT IFOU Y SEE ANY OF THOSE SIGNS THAT YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR PHYSICIAN AND TALKO T YOUR PHYSICIAN ABOUT THEM AND WHAT I LOVE IS WE DON’T JUST GIVE YOU THE SIGN WE GEIV YOU WHAT ISN’T A SIGN SO, OF COURSE ONE SIGN WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE MEMORY LOSS THAT DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE. THAT COULD SOUND LEIK AOT L OF US, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT FORGET AN APPOINTMENT, BUT WE REMEMBER LATER SO THE TIPS IF YOU GO ONLINE TO LZ.ORG, IT’LL TLEL YOU ETH 10 SIGNS, BUT IT’LL ALSO TELL YOU WHAT ISN’T A SIGN WHAT IS NORMAL AGING TO GEIV YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT IF IF YOU DON’T HAVE A REASON TO BE CONCERNED. AWESOME, AND OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY ALL TIMESF O THE YEAR ALL YEAR ROUND. YOU’VE GOT A LOT GOING ON WITH THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION. TELL US ABOUSOT ME THINGS YOU HAVE. OUT SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING UP, OF COUERS WITH THIS BEING ALZHEIMER’S AND BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH. WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. SO ONE THING THEY CAN DO IS WE HAVE WHAT WE’RE CALLING A TEAM CAPTAIN FLAMINGO COMING UP ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21ST AT TNK THIANK BREW LAB HERE IN GREENVILLE NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, AND IT’S AN OPPTUORNITYOR F PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED START A TMEA FOR OUR WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO SRTTA A TEAM. THERE’S NO REGISTRATION FEE. THERE’S NO RAISING MINIMUM AND THERE’S NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED THEN COMING IN JULY. WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WYFF IS EXCEDIT ABOUT BECAUSE THE WYFF 4 HEARTSTRONG TEAM IS TRAINING NOW TO TO PARTICIPATE AND RIDE TO END ALL WHICH IS A THREE-DAY CROSSTA-STE CYCLING EVENT HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN JULY. SO WE HAVE CYCLISTS TRAINING NOW TO BE A PART OF THAT EVENT AND THEY TRAVEL FROM HERITAGE PARK AND SIMPSONVILLE DOWN TO MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA OVER THREEER PIOD O TNHEIR BICYCLES SO THAT’S A REALLY HIGH ENDURANCE EVENT, BUT THEN WE HAVE COMING UP INHE T FALL. WE HAVE OUR WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S WHICH WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR AGAIN AT FLUOR FIELD IN GREENVILLE’S WEST INN, AND AS I SAID BEFORE IT’S FREE TO REGISTER TAKE PART SO THAT FLAMINGO WE HAVE COMING UP ON THE 21ST IS A GREAT WAY TO GO AHEAD AND GET INVOLVED AND LEARN WHAT WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S IN OCTOBER IS ALL ABOUT AWESOME SOME GREAT EVENTS. I KWNO LIKE I CAN SAY THE RIDE IN JULY COMING UP. WE’LL BE VERY EXCITING ESPEALLYCI US AS WELL, AND IF YOU DO WANT TO GET INVOLVED YOU CAN ALSO VISIT YOUR WEBSITE. IS THAT RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. ALZ.ORG AWESOME ALL CAME REALLY. THANK YOU SO M
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Lots of ways to get involved with the fight to end Alzheimer's

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Health Awareness Month

June is National Alzheimer's & Brain Health Awareness Month, and there are many ways you can get involved.The Greenville Walk to End Alzheimer's is hosting a "Flamingle" at Think Tank Brew Lab on Airport Road on Tuesday, June 21 at 5:30 p.m. for current and prospective Walk team captains. You can learn more about the Walk and the ways the Alzheimer's Association contributes to research and services for dementia patients and caregivers.The Walk to End Alzheimer's is coming up on October 1 at Fluor Field. Teams raise money for the Alzheimer's Association and raise awareness for Alzheimer's and other dementia.Also coming up is the Ride to End Alz. Bicyclists will ride 252 miles over 3 days across the state of South Carolina. They'll start on Friday, July 8, at Heritage Park in Simpsonville and end in Mt. Pleasant.WYFF 4 has a team participating in honor of former news anchor, Geoff Hart, who announced his diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's in May 2021.Learn more about Team Hartstrong:

June is National Alzheimer's & Brain Health Awareness Month, and there are many ways you can get involved.

The Greenville Walk to End Alzheimer's is hosting a "Flamingle" at Think Tank Brew Lab on Airport Road on Tuesday, June 21 at 5:30 p.m. for current and prospective Walk team captains. You can learn more about the Walk and the ways the Alzheimer's Association contributes to research and services for dementia patients and caregivers.

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The Walk to End Alzheimer's is coming up on October 1 at Fluor Field. Teams raise money for the Alzheimer's Association and raise awareness for Alzheimer's and other dementia.

Also coming up is the Ride to End Alz. Bicyclists will ride 252 miles over 3 days across the state of South Carolina. They'll start on Friday, July 8, at Heritage Park in Simpsonville and end in Mt. Pleasant.

WYFF 4 has a team participating in honor of former news anchor, Geoff Hart, who announced his diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's in May 2021.

Learn more about Team Hartstrong: