May 30, 2025 • 30 mins
WASH-FM's Jenni Chase is our special Host this week and spoke to Cindy Schelhorn: Senior Director, Communications and Marketing, Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter, and Gina Willoughby: President and CEO, WCG, Inc., Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter Board Member/Volunteer and organizer of the Workout To End ALZ fundraiser. June is Alzheimer's And Brain Awareness Month and we discuss risk factors, symptoms, healthy habits and more info logon to alz.org
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, good morning, Thank you so much for listening to
this iHeartRadio station. My name is Jenny Chase, a big
supporter of the Alzheimer's Association and the National Capital Area chapter.
Today I am joined once again by Cindy Shellhorne. She's
the senior director of Communications and Marketing for the local
Alzheimer's Association group.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Got a lot to talk about. Hey, Cindy, Well.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning, my dear good friend. It's nice to be
back with you again.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Jenny.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thank you to you and to iHeart for giving us
this opportunity to continue to share information about Alzheimer's disease,
dementia and what the Alzheimer's Association is doing to help
the community.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, and here we are on the first day of June.
So this kicks off Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. What
is the overall purpose of this month in this designation, Cindy.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So, Jenny, we have spent years talking about the impact
of Alzheimer's on families and caregivers during November, which is
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, National Family Caregiver Month, but
we never really talked about the impact of the disease
and our brain.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Held right, But now we have a whole month for it.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
And the reason we did this is simple. There are
more than seven million Americans today who are living with
Alzheimer's disease. That's the first time in history that we
have surpassed that seven million mark, where it's seven point
two million Americans.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
And in your recent twenty twenty five Facts and Figures report,
you say by twenty sixty that number is going to double.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
If what if we can't find the best treatments and
an in eventual cure for this disease. It's important not
just to focus on those treatments and cures. It's looking
at people and helping them to understand that they may
be at risk for developing Alzheimer's. What we want to
talk about this month is understanding those risk factors and
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what people can do to address them. So research has
told us that changes in the brain that can contribute
to the development of Alzheimer's and dementia can begin as
many as twenty years before symptoms start to show.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Oh goodness, well, Cidy, let's talk about the risk factors.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Age.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
By the time you hit sixty five, it's approximately a
one in nine chance that you will develop the disease.
By the time you are eighty five, we're looking at
a one in three chance. So age is the greatest
risk factor and unfortunately is not something that we can change.
We're all going to age. But there are other things
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that we cannot change. We cannot change our gender, our family,
we can't change our genetics.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Right, and what about current treatment, Cindy.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
There are two drugs out there called dnanamab and the canamab,
and both of these currently are what we call infusion treatment.
This means that if you're your physician or your neurologists
says that you need to do this, you actually have
to go to an infusion center to take those treatments.
And again, this goes back to being diagnosed as quickly
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as possible because those drugs are only effective in the
early stages of the disease.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
And there was something in the news recently about a
new blood test for detecting Alzheimer's.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yes, we have had the very first FDA approved blood
test to identify Alzheimer's disease.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
While what an advancement, that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
We have been seeking these non invasive opportunities to determine
whether somebody has the disease, and previously what we have
been looking at are things like MRIs. We do the
basic tests, the many mental exams, we do, the routine physicals.
This blood test is something that's a little bit different.
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There are some tests that are on the market now
that are not FDA approved, so it's very important for
you to speak with your doctor about this FDA approved treatment.
But this certainly takes us in a new direction where
someone can simply say, let's check your blood, take you
in for further testing, and move the ball forward on
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taking care of it.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I feel like the word for this is groundbreaking.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
It is absolutely groundbreaking.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
What about healthy habits? Can you share some of those
with us?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Learning?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Keeping your brain active? Learn a new skill. If you
have never played the violin, pick up the violin. And
that ties in with education because research has told us
that education can actually reduce the risk of cognitive decline
and dementia.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
What about exercise and nutrition?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Regular exercise is very very important because it gets the
blood flowing to the brain, and blood going to the
brain is bringing oxygen to the brain. Just become active.
Find ways to build that physical activity, that movement.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Into your day.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
We want you to also eat right lots of healthy
fruits and vegetables in your diet, things like nuts. Let's
avoid sugar as much as we possibly can avoid sugar smoking.
Quitting smoking can help to lower the risk of cognitive
decline and it could actually almost if you quit, can
take it back to levels similar to those who've never smoked.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Okay, got it.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Let's talk about one of your big events this month,
The Longest Day.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So The Longest Day is a phenomenal fundraiser that the
Alzheimer's Association started to allow people to do what they
love to support the fight to end Alzheimer's. And so
it really is the ultimate DIY fundraiser. Everything from your
kids setting up a local lemonade stand, people having baked sales,
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to people who do karaoke and concert nights where people
make donations, do what you love to end Alzheimer's. We
had a gentleman who lost his wife to younger onset Alzheimer's,
and while she was still alive, they had a tugboat
and he sailed his tugboat up and down around the
Chesapeake Bay in honor of her, because that was a
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special activity that they used to do together. And so
you can visit alz dotorg, slash the Longest Day and
sign up to do something that is special to you.
You can do hiking, you can do bowling, you can exercise,
you can do crafts.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
You can do gaming.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You can make a difference, and we need you to
join us in making that difference. So, whether you choose
to participate in the Longest Day or another one of
our fundraisers like Walk to End Alzheimer's or Ride to
End Alls, we need your financial support, We need your
volunteer support. We need you to help us spread the word.
As this disease grows, the number of caregivers are growing,
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the number of families are being affected or growing, we
need more volunteers to help get the word out and
the education and the support out to help them through
this journey. Join us for one of our free education programs.
There is always an opportunity to learn.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
That was Cindy Shellhorn, Senior director of Communications and Marketing
for the National Capital Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Now I want to welcome Gina Willoughby, who is heavily
involved in that organization, board member, volunteer, and more.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Gina appreciates you sharing your time this morning.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Thank you, Jenny, it's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Can you start with telling us why and how you
got connected with the Alzheimer's Association, Jenny, I.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Had to because it just meant and means so much
to me. My mother had dementia and Alzheimer's and I
was her caregiver, and going through that journey, it was
really enlightening in terms of realizing the resources and the
information I didn't have and how clueless I was going
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through this and many of us go through that as
the children of right or the relatives of watching this
happen and not knowing what to do or where to turn.
And in my case, I made a lot of mistakes,
and one of the best decisions I ever made was
calling that hotline, thealz dot org hotline, and that really
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helped me get some resources and some direction on how
to better care for my mother.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
So that's my connection to the cause.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And that number, by the way, eight hundred two seven
to thirty nine hundred, it's available twenty four to seven.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Do you know, please go on.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I later became a support group leader at my mother's
residence where she was staying at Sunrise.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
My mom was at a Sunrise for a while and
I was her caregiver as well. She didn't have Alzheimer's,
but there were a lot of problems. My dad was
diagnosed prior to his passing last year.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
And we shared this together.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
I feel like when you talk to someone who has
gone through dementia or Alzheimer's with a loved one or personally,
you are forever connected through the heart.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
So we're now connected through the heart.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
That is beautiful. What a sweet centiment. And you know,
reaching out to the Alzheimer's is soiation. That obviously made
a huge impact in what you were doing.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
It really did.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
I felt like I didn't know a lot about the
disease even at that point. My mother wasn't even at
Sunrise yet, so I was just experiencing things that didn't
seem right. You know, my story, I say, starts with
a fork and a knife, and I know that's a
weird thing to say. But every week I was learning,
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you know, Spanish, So after class, I'd go to my
mom's house for dinner.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
And my mom was a gourmet, she was like Martha Stewart.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Before Martha Stewart, Oh my goodness.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
And I'd get there and the table would always be
set immaculately. The food was amazing, And on this particular night,
the fork was on the right and the knife was
on the left. Okay, And that was the beginning, Like
it was just one of these things.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
We laughed about it, like, you know, mom, what are
you doing here?
Speaker 5 (09:57):
But really that was the first indication that something wasn't right.
And from there things started to happen pretty rapidly, and
it was scary.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
It was just it was very scary.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
And an only child, and most of my friends' parents
who were a lot younger because my mother was older
when she had me, so they weren't going through this.
There was not a whole lot of people that could relate.
But guess who could relate the Alzheimer's Association. So when
I called them, they just pointed me in the right directions.
What questions to ask my mother's doctors and what resources
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were available? What could I do in terms of getting
into a support group myself where I could find people
like myself right? What can I do in terms of
how to interact with her to stop correcting her right
and trying to agitate her or make her feel less
than instead of meeting her where she was.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
You needed help, you needed answers, and you got them
thanks to the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I'm so glad, thank you, Jenny.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Me too, Me too.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
And so that's that was the beginning of my involvement.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
And once my mother moved.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
To Sunrise, I felt like, you know, my mother was
really involved in the PTA.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
I felt like this was my way of being involved
in her PTA.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
You know. So I got involved with the residents and
became a support group leader myself.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
That's amazing.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
So that forced me to learn more about the disease.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
But I'll tell you, Jenny, I got quickly above my head.
I mean, I got out of my depth. There were
the scenarios I was not prepared for. I thought it
was just gonna be kids like me, you know, the
kids of But no, there were so many iterations. This
disease is so complicated and so multi layered. But it
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forced me to learn and just to be empathetic and
try to meet people where they were, you know, like
even something like sundowning, Like many of us don't know
what that.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Is for those who aren't familiar with the term, can
you explain.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Well, I'm not a physician. Let me get so my
understanding of it.
Speaker 5 (12:02):
My understanding is like, at a certain point during the day,
it can be dealing with the loved one and they
seem like they're their normal selves. And I say normal
in quotes, right, they seemed like they're normal selves, and
then at a certain time of day you experience or
they experience this confusion, or they experience this change, the shift,
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this agitation. It could be a lot of different things,
but it's a shift, and it's at a certain time.
And usually it's like when the sun goes down. Yeah,
that's they say it, right. Or it could be at
a particular time. It could be later in the day,
but they call it sundowning, a definite shift in behavior
and mood.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
My stepmom and I talked about this a lot. When
my dad was struggling from bedtime through dawn, he would
just really change. The overnight hours were really really hard
for him.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Almost like a werewolf.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yeah, I never thought of it that way.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
I noticed it.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
We were on vacation together and I had taken her
to the Dominican Republic and we were having a great time,
and then I would notice that she was just rummaging
through things at night, and I'm like, Mom, what are
you looking for? And she was, you know, don't don't
question me. I know what I'm doing. And I'm thinking
to myself, what is going on here? And I didn't
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know that that's what I was seeing. That's, you know,
an example of sundowning, right, so, you know, and trying
to correct our parents when they're telling you that it's
snowing outside and it's really seventy degrees and you know,
going through this whole thing, and you're doing this tug
of war, but really learning how to handle them because
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they're already on their.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Journey, right, yeah, what can we.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
Do as loved ones, caregivers, as their village to help
them through this?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
I remember one of the first things I learned was
just go with the flow, don't don't question them because
victims they just don't know what's going on.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
That's true.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Or like, for example, if they think a loved one
is still alive, right, that is past.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
There's no need to remind them that that loved one.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Is no longer with us, because then they go through
that emotional again.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Right yeah, So.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
But our inclination is to correct. Yeah, that's what we
know to do. But you learn what to do.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Yeah, and the Alzheimer's Association is so crucial to navigating
all of this website alz dot org. By the way,
one of the events you'll find on the website is
this super cool thing that you are doing, Gina, tell
us about it, work out to end a l Z.
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Well.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
First of all, Jenny, you're invited, Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
So I want you to be invited.
Speaker 5 (14:44):
Come on, come join us. I'm all. I am a
part time spin instructor.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Really, I have never done spin.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
So spinning, for those who don't know, is indoor cycle, okay,
and it's guided fun, great music. And I've been teaching
cycle before the Dinosaurs, right, So that's how long I've
been doing it. And I also am an instructor at
Onelife Fitness.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Which one I'm at Rockville, Yes, just down the street
from our iHeart offices, I know it, and.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Also Parking Roads, so I'm at two locations.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
But I have this idea that we should do a
all day workout fundraiser for als. I love it because
there's that connection right between brain health and fitness.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
So what better place to do that.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
Than in the health club than in the fitness center
And what about One Life Fitness. So I pitched this
idea to One Life corporate and they said.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yes, oh, I feel like I just found my new gym.
I want to work out there since they support the
Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
We want you as a member, Jenny, We want you.
And we started March fourteenth, twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Okay, oh yes, So that.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Was our first inaugural inaugural event and it didn't happen.
But the good news was we still raised about fifty
thousand dollars even though we didn't have it.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
And then we took a year off because you know,
everything was on pause.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Was happening, the thing was happening, and then we came back.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
We were first work Out to Remember, and then we
came back rebranded as Workout to End All as you
will know us today. And so our event is annual
this year it's at all over sixty one Life Fitness locations.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Right, that's over huge co grads.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
It's huge, it's huge. It's a company initiative.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Who knows One Life.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
So I'm really grateful just starting as a little lowly
you know, spin instructor, being able to have that kind
of impact in the community and that's what this is, Jenny,
A community event. It's Saturday, June twenty first, right, and
significent about that date, Jenny, it's actually the longest day.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Yes, Cindy and I talked about that.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
The do It Yoursell fundraiser Engage in an Activity that
you'll love to do.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Will be at all sixty plus one like fitness locations,
and so from eight am to one pm and beyond,
really everything that happens that day will be for alz
We're going to go purple.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh that's my favorite color.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Yay.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
It's going to be a purple party like no other.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I will come out dressed in my purple from head
to toe to support the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
You just swag it out and then come and we
have zoomba and cycle and yoga and you know, hit
and body.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
Pump everything that day.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
And also all the fitness instructors are involved. We are
all behind the cause and all of our trainers. So
we're gonna be doing fitness challenges. So how many perpees
can you do? And how many pushups can you do?
And make it funny, zero.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Zero is probably how many I can do. I'm sorry,
Go ahead, you couldn't.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
You might even just sauna, get in the steam room,
get in that massage chair. So whatever you want to
do that day will be for ALZ.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Our Kids Club is going to be involved. So this
is a community.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Event, so we'll have as the kids will have face
painting that day and other activities. We'll have them doing
signs for people in memory care and and so we
also want to get guests involved as well. So it's
open up to the public. So a remember and guests
like you, Jenny, are invited to come out that day.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I will so be there.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
So be there, and just a minimum donation of thirty
five dollars, you can make a big difference.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Well, I promise you iHeart will spread the word as
far and wide as we possibly can.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
And like you know, we were talking before Jenny and
we had parents affected, but now we're worried, like what's
going to happen to us?
Speaker 4 (18:58):
What's going to happen to our children and our children's children?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Do you I don't mean to pride, you know, but
given the fact that your mom was diagnosed, is it
something you are very concerned about? Because I know I
am with my dad having it.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
One of my biggest fears is that I don't want
to end up like that.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I get it completely.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
I don't want that for myself and I don't want
that for my loved ones to see. I don't where.
I don't have biological children. That's another fear. So I
was there to take care of my mother. I think,
who's going to take care of me?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
I went through that same thought process when my dad
was diagnosed. I'm not married, no kids, It's like twenty
years from now, it's what is it going to be like? That?
Reality hit me like a ton of bricks, which is
why I have become a huge advocate for the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
I get it, and you know, I went to go
visit my mother every day, and part of the reason
I did that was because I was afraid.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
One of my biggest fears with her was that she
was going to forget.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
Me, and you know, I, you know, struggled with that,
but she didn't.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
You can only imagine, Jenny, what that feels.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Like for people who go see their loved ones and
they don't know who they're talking to.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I will say this, as far as I know, my
dad was able to remember me and know who I was,
but my stepmom told me a story. She said that
one day they were just, you know, hanging out, and
he made a comment.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
She asked him, well, do you know who I am?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
And he said, well, yeah, you're just you're just the
very nice lady who takes care of me. When she
relaid that story to me, my heart just broke and
it's it's really really really.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Tough and it's really really real.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, which is why we need to find a cure.
Why we fundraise. Okay, back to workout to end all?
Do we need to sign up in advance? What's the procedure?
Speaker 4 (20:50):
So great question, so again June twenty.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
First, got it.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
If you're a member. If you are a one life member,
I'm talking to you. You need to go to the
front desk right to get your co branded T shirt.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
With a thirty five dollars or more donation. Simple.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
You want to do that by June fifteenth, so we'll
mail it to your house. If you're a non member, okay,
like you Jenny for right now, you're eventually going to join.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
If you're a non member, you are invited to come.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
This event is open to everybody, and if you donate
to alz dot org forward slash.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
One Life Fitness.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
You can make your minimum donation of thirty five dollars
and then you can come and enjoy all the classes
that you want to come and participate in on any
activity that you want, any of our amenities at one
Life Fitness. You'll also be given a one week membership
to come back.
Speaker 4 (21:49):
You'll be given a guest pass to come back.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
So we want you to come, We want you to
invite your friends. We're also going to have vendors that day,
so it's going to be a real fun pack day.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
We're going to have refreshments.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Again, we're getting the whole connection to the cause with
the community, so the kids will have activities as well.
So the other thing is if you do have a
connection to this cause like many of us do, like
you and I do, Jenny, I want you to think
about extending your reach and using that donation page to
create your own.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Fundraising got it. So you can use that als dot
org forward slash one Life Fitness, join the club that's
closest to you, and then create your own fundraiser and
make a difference.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Then you can export that to your social media and
all your friends and family.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I am going to tell everyone I know, Gina.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Jenny, absolutely, please, yes, thank you, Let's do it.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Now, Gina spend instructor extraordinary. Which location of One Life
will you be at on the longest day? June twenty first,
also the day for Workout to end all I'm.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Going to be Rockville and Pike and Rose. I.
Speaker 5 (23:02):
I just want to invite people to come out and
make a difference and where they're purple that day, where
your favorite purple swag. You know, we all have it
right the event. It's not about a T shirt, it's
not about a wristband. It's about that connection to the
heart that we talked about Jenny, and making a difference
and that connection to brain.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Health and fitness.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
And June twenty first is the great way to do that. Again,
it's the longest day. It's workout to end Alzheimer's. It's
at One Life Fitness and it's at one near you.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Do you know what if you want to sign up
to take a class that day? How does that all work?
Speaker 5 (23:39):
So if you're a non member, If you're a member,
you already know the protocol because we have an app right,
But if you're a non member out there and you
want to join us. You'll want to donate online alz
dot org. Call the location of the club that you
want to participate and that activity and tell them that
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you are going to participate.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
G you know Willoughby, Alzheimer's Association board member and volunteer.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
You are a rock star.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Thank you so much for all you do for the
Alzheimer's Association and this very very important cause.
Speaker 6 (24:15):
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Hey, good morning, Thank you so much for listening to
this iHeartRadio station. My name is Jenny Chase, a big
supporter of the Alzheimer's Association and the National Capital Area chapter.
Today I am joined once again by Cindy Shellhorne. She's
the senior director of Communications and Marketing for the local
Alzheimer's Association group.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Got a lot to talk about. Hey, Cindy, Well.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Good morning, my dear good friend. It's nice to be
back with you again.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Jenny.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thank you to you and to iHeart for giving us
this opportunity to continue to share information about Alzheimer's disease,
dementia and what the Alzheimer's Association is doing to help
the community.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, and here we are on the first day of June.
So this kicks off Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. What
is the overall purpose of this month in this designation, Cindy.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
So, Jenny, we have spent years talking about the impact
of Alzheimer's on families and caregivers during November, which is
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, National Family Caregiver Month, but
we never really talked about the impact of the disease
and our brain.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Held right, But now we have a whole month for it.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
And the reason we did this is simple. There are
more than seven million Americans today who are living with
Alzheimer's disease. That's the first time in history that we
have surpassed that seven million mark, where it's seven point
two million Americans.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
And in your recent twenty twenty five Facts and Figures report,
you say by twenty sixty that number is going to double.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
If what if we can't find the best treatments and
an in eventual cure for this disease. It's important not
just to focus on those treatments and cures. It's looking
at people and helping them to understand that they may
be at risk for developing Alzheimer's. What we want to
talk about this month is understanding those risk factors and
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what people can do to address them. So research has
told us that changes in the brain that can contribute
to the development of Alzheimer's and dementia can begin as
many as twenty years before symptoms start to show.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Oh goodness, well, Cidy, let's talk about the risk factors.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Age.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
By the time you hit sixty five, it's approximately a
one in nine chance that you will develop the disease.
By the time you are eighty five, we're looking at
a one in three chance. So age is the greatest
risk factor and unfortunately is not something that we can change.
We're all going to age. But there are other things
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that we cannot change. We cannot change our gender, our family,
we can't change our genetics.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Right, and what about current treatment, Cindy.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
There are two drugs out there called dnanamab and the canamab,
and both of these currently are what we call infusion treatment.
This means that if you're your physician or your neurologists
says that you need to do this, you actually have
to go to an infusion center to take those treatments.
And again, this goes back to being diagnosed as quickly
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as possible because those drugs are only effective in the
early stages of the disease.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
And there was something in the news recently about a
new blood test for detecting Alzheimer's.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Yes, we have had the very first FDA approved blood
test to identify Alzheimer's disease.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
While what an advancement, that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
We have been seeking these non invasive opportunities to determine
whether somebody has the disease, and previously what we have
been looking at are things like MRIs. We do the
basic tests, the many mental exams, we do, the routine physicals.
This blood test is something that's a little bit different.
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There are some tests that are on the market now
that are not FDA approved, so it's very important for
you to speak with your doctor about this FDA approved treatment.
But this certainly takes us in a new direction where
someone can simply say, let's check your blood, take you
in for further testing, and move the ball forward on
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taking care of it.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
I feel like the word for this is groundbreaking.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
It is absolutely groundbreaking.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
What about healthy habits? Can you share some of those
with us?
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Learning?
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Keeping your brain active? Learn a new skill. If you
have never played the violin, pick up the violin. And
that ties in with education because research has told us
that education can actually reduce the risk of cognitive decline
and dementia.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
What about exercise and nutrition?
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Regular exercise is very very important because it gets the
blood flowing to the brain, and blood going to the
brain is bringing oxygen to the brain. Just become active.
Find ways to build that physical activity, that movement.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Into your day.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
We want you to also eat right lots of healthy
fruits and vegetables in your diet, things like nuts. Let's
avoid sugar as much as we possibly can avoid sugar smoking.
Quitting smoking can help to lower the risk of cognitive
decline and it could actually almost if you quit, can
take it back to levels similar to those who've never smoked.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Okay, got it.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Let's talk about one of your big events this month,
The Longest Day.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So The Longest Day is a phenomenal fundraiser that the
Alzheimer's Association started to allow people to do what they
love to support the fight to end Alzheimer's. And so
it really is the ultimate DIY fundraiser. Everything from your
kids setting up a local lemonade stand, people having baked sales,
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to people who do karaoke and concert nights where people
make donations, do what you love to end Alzheimer's. We
had a gentleman who lost his wife to younger onset Alzheimer's,
and while she was still alive, they had a tugboat
and he sailed his tugboat up and down around the
Chesapeake Bay in honor of her, because that was a
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special activity that they used to do together. And so
you can visit alz dotorg, slash the Longest Day and
sign up to do something that is special to you.
You can do hiking, you can do bowling, you can exercise,
you can do crafts.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
You can do gaming.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
You can make a difference, and we need you to
join us in making that difference. So, whether you choose
to participate in the Longest Day or another one of
our fundraisers like Walk to End Alzheimer's or Ride to
End Alls, we need your financial support, We need your
volunteer support. We need you to help us spread the word.
As this disease grows, the number of caregivers are growing,
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the number of families are being affected or growing, we
need more volunteers to help get the word out and
the education and the support out to help them through
this journey. Join us for one of our free education programs.
There is always an opportunity to learn.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
That was Cindy Shellhorn, Senior director of Communications and Marketing
for the National Capital Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Now I want to welcome Gina Willoughby, who is heavily
involved in that organization, board member, volunteer, and more.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Gina appreciates you sharing your time this morning.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Thank you, Jenny, it's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Can you start with telling us why and how you
got connected with the Alzheimer's Association, Jenny, I.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Had to because it just meant and means so much
to me. My mother had dementia and Alzheimer's and I
was her caregiver, and going through that journey, it was
really enlightening in terms of realizing the resources and the
information I didn't have and how clueless I was going
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through this and many of us go through that as
the children of right or the relatives of watching this
happen and not knowing what to do or where to turn.
And in my case, I made a lot of mistakes,
and one of the best decisions I ever made was
calling that hotline, thealz dot org hotline, and that really
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helped me get some resources and some direction on how
to better care for my mother.
Speaker 4 (08:14):
So that's my connection to the cause.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
And that number, by the way, eight hundred two seven
to thirty nine hundred, it's available twenty four to seven.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Do you know, please go on.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
I later became a support group leader at my mother's
residence where she was staying at Sunrise.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
My mom was at a Sunrise for a while and
I was her caregiver as well. She didn't have Alzheimer's,
but there were a lot of problems. My dad was
diagnosed prior to his passing last year.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
And we shared this together.
Speaker 5 (08:44):
I feel like when you talk to someone who has
gone through dementia or Alzheimer's with a loved one or personally,
you are forever connected through the heart.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
So we're now connected through the heart.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
That is beautiful. What a sweet centiment. And you know,
reaching out to the Alzheimer's is soiation. That obviously made
a huge impact in what you were doing.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
It really did.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
I felt like I didn't know a lot about the
disease even at that point. My mother wasn't even at
Sunrise yet, so I was just experiencing things that didn't
seem right. You know, my story, I say, starts with
a fork and a knife, and I know that's a
weird thing to say. But every week I was learning,
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you know, Spanish, So after class, I'd go to my
mom's house for dinner.
Speaker 4 (09:32):
And my mom was a gourmet, she was like Martha Stewart.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Before Martha Stewart, Oh my goodness.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
And I'd get there and the table would always be
set immaculately. The food was amazing, And on this particular night,
the fork was on the right and the knife was
on the left. Okay, And that was the beginning, Like
it was just one of these things.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
We laughed about it, like, you know, mom, what are
you doing here?
Speaker 5 (09:57):
But really that was the first indication that something wasn't right.
And from there things started to happen pretty rapidly, and
it was scary.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
It was just it was very scary.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
And an only child, and most of my friends' parents
who were a lot younger because my mother was older
when she had me, so they weren't going through this.
There was not a whole lot of people that could relate.
But guess who could relate the Alzheimer's Association. So when
I called them, they just pointed me in the right directions.
What questions to ask my mother's doctors and what resources
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were available? What could I do in terms of getting
into a support group myself where I could find people
like myself right? What can I do in terms of
how to interact with her to stop correcting her right
and trying to agitate her or make her feel less
than instead of meeting her where she was.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
You needed help, you needed answers, and you got them
thanks to the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I'm so glad, thank you, Jenny.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Me too, Me too.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
And so that's that was the beginning of my involvement.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
And once my mother moved.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
To Sunrise, I felt like, you know, my mother was
really involved in the PTA.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
I felt like this was my way of being involved
in her PTA.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
You know. So I got involved with the residents and
became a support group leader myself.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
That's amazing.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
So that forced me to learn more about the disease.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
But I'll tell you, Jenny, I got quickly above my head.
I mean, I got out of my depth. There were
the scenarios I was not prepared for. I thought it
was just gonna be kids like me, you know, the
kids of But no, there were so many iterations. This
disease is so complicated and so multi layered. But it
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forced me to learn and just to be empathetic and
try to meet people where they were, you know, like
even something like sundowning, Like many of us don't know
what that.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Is for those who aren't familiar with the term, can
you explain.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Well, I'm not a physician. Let me get so my
understanding of it.
Speaker 5 (12:02):
My understanding is like, at a certain point during the day,
it can be dealing with the loved one and they
seem like they're their normal selves. And I say normal
in quotes, right, they seemed like they're normal selves, and
then at a certain time of day you experience or
they experience this confusion, or they experience this change, the shift,
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this agitation. It could be a lot of different things,
but it's a shift, and it's at a certain time.
And usually it's like when the sun goes down. Yeah,
that's they say it, right. Or it could be at
a particular time. It could be later in the day,
but they call it sundowning, a definite shift in behavior
and mood.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
My stepmom and I talked about this a lot. When
my dad was struggling from bedtime through dawn, he would
just really change. The overnight hours were really really hard
for him.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Almost like a werewolf.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yeah, I never thought of it that way.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
I noticed it.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
We were on vacation together and I had taken her
to the Dominican Republic and we were having a great time,
and then I would notice that she was just rummaging
through things at night, and I'm like, Mom, what are
you looking for? And she was, you know, don't don't
question me. I know what I'm doing. And I'm thinking
to myself, what is going on here? And I didn't
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know that that's what I was seeing. That's, you know,
an example of sundowning, right, so, you know, and trying
to correct our parents when they're telling you that it's
snowing outside and it's really seventy degrees and you know,
going through this whole thing, and you're doing this tug
of war, but really learning how to handle them because
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they're already on their.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Journey, right, yeah, what can we.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
Do as loved ones, caregivers, as their village to help
them through this?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
I remember one of the first things I learned was
just go with the flow, don't don't question them because
victims they just don't know what's going on.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
That's true.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Or like, for example, if they think a loved one
is still alive, right, that is past.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
There's no need to remind them that that loved one.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Is no longer with us, because then they go through
that emotional again.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Right yeah, So.
Speaker 5 (14:14):
But our inclination is to correct. Yeah, that's what we
know to do. But you learn what to do.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Yeah, and the Alzheimer's Association is so crucial to navigating
all of this website alz dot org. By the way,
one of the events you'll find on the website is
this super cool thing that you are doing, Gina, tell
us about it, work out to end a l Z.
Speaker 5 (14:39):
Well.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
First of all, Jenny, you're invited, Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
So I want you to be invited.
Speaker 5 (14:44):
Come on, come join us. I'm all. I am a
part time spin instructor.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Really, I have never done spin.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
So spinning, for those who don't know, is indoor cycle, okay,
and it's guided fun, great music. And I've been teaching
cycle before the Dinosaurs, right, So that's how long I've
been doing it. And I also am an instructor at
Onelife Fitness.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Which one I'm at Rockville, Yes, just down the street
from our iHeart offices, I know it, and.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Also Parking Roads, so I'm at two locations.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
But I have this idea that we should do a
all day workout fundraiser for als. I love it because
there's that connection right between brain health and fitness.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
So what better place to do that.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
Than in the health club than in the fitness center
And what about One Life Fitness. So I pitched this
idea to One Life corporate and they said.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yes, oh, I feel like I just found my new gym.
I want to work out there since they support the
Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
We want you as a member, Jenny, We want you.
And we started March fourteenth, twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Okay, oh yes, So that.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Was our first inaugural inaugural event and it didn't happen.
But the good news was we still raised about fifty
thousand dollars even though we didn't have it.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
And then we took a year off because you know,
everything was on pause.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Was happening, the thing was happening, and then we came back.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
We were first work Out to Remember, and then we
came back rebranded as Workout to End All as you
will know us today. And so our event is annual
this year it's at all over sixty one Life Fitness locations.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Right, that's over huge co grads.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
It's huge, it's huge. It's a company initiative.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Who knows One Life.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
So I'm really grateful just starting as a little lowly
you know, spin instructor, being able to have that kind
of impact in the community and that's what this is, Jenny,
A community event. It's Saturday, June twenty first, right, and
significent about that date, Jenny, it's actually the longest day.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Yes, Cindy and I talked about that.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
The do It Yoursell fundraiser Engage in an Activity that
you'll love to do.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Will be at all sixty plus one like fitness locations,
and so from eight am to one pm and beyond,
really everything that happens that day will be for alz
We're going to go purple.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Oh that's my favorite color.
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Yay.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
It's going to be a purple party like no other.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I will come out dressed in my purple from head
to toe to support the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
You just swag it out and then come and we
have zoomba and cycle and yoga and you know, hit
and body.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
Pump everything that day.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
And also all the fitness instructors are involved. We are
all behind the cause and all of our trainers. So
we're gonna be doing fitness challenges. So how many perpees
can you do? And how many pushups can you do?
And make it funny, zero.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Zero is probably how many I can do. I'm sorry,
Go ahead, you couldn't.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
You might even just sauna, get in the steam room,
get in that massage chair. So whatever you want to
do that day will be for ALZ.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Our Kids Club is going to be involved. So this
is a community.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Event, so we'll have as the kids will have face
painting that day and other activities. We'll have them doing
signs for people in memory care and and so we
also want to get guests involved as well. So it's
open up to the public. So a remember and guests
like you, Jenny, are invited to come out that day.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I will so be there.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
So be there, and just a minimum donation of thirty
five dollars, you can make a big difference.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Well, I promise you iHeart will spread the word as
far and wide as we possibly can.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
And like you know, we were talking before Jenny and
we had parents affected, but now we're worried, like what's
going to happen to us?
Speaker 4 (18:58):
What's going to happen to our children and our children's children?
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Do you I don't mean to pride, you know, but
given the fact that your mom was diagnosed, is it
something you are very concerned about? Because I know I
am with my dad having it.
Speaker 4 (19:09):
One of my biggest fears is that I don't want
to end up like that.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
I get it completely.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
I don't want that for myself and I don't want
that for my loved ones to see. I don't where.
I don't have biological children. That's another fear. So I
was there to take care of my mother. I think,
who's going to take care of me?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
I went through that same thought process when my dad
was diagnosed. I'm not married, no kids, It's like twenty
years from now, it's what is it going to be like? That?
Reality hit me like a ton of bricks, which is
why I have become a huge advocate for the Alzheimer's Association.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
I get it, and you know, I went to go
visit my mother every day, and part of the reason
I did that was because I was afraid.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
One of my biggest fears with her was that she
was going to forget.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
Me, and you know, I, you know, struggled with that,
but she didn't.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
You can only imagine, Jenny, what that feels.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Like for people who go see their loved ones and
they don't know who they're talking to.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I will say this, as far as I know, my
dad was able to remember me and know who I was,
but my stepmom told me a story. She said that
one day they were just, you know, hanging out, and
he made a comment.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
She asked him, well, do you know who I am?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
And he said, well, yeah, you're just you're just the
very nice lady who takes care of me. When she
relaid that story to me, my heart just broke and
it's it's really really really.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Tough and it's really really real.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah, which is why we need to find a cure.
Why we fundraise. Okay, back to workout to end all?
Do we need to sign up in advance? What's the procedure?
Speaker 4 (20:50):
So great question, so again June twenty.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
First, got it.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
If you're a member. If you are a one life member,
I'm talking to you. You need to go to the
front desk right to get your co branded T shirt.
Speaker 4 (21:04):
With a thirty five dollars or more donation. Simple.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
You want to do that by June fifteenth, so we'll
mail it to your house. If you're a non member, okay,
like you Jenny for right now, you're eventually going to join.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
If you're a non member, you are invited to come.
Speaker 5 (21:20):
This event is open to everybody, and if you donate
to alz dot org forward slash.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
One Life Fitness.
Speaker 5 (21:31):
You can make your minimum donation of thirty five dollars
and then you can come and enjoy all the classes
that you want to come and participate in on any
activity that you want, any of our amenities at one
Life Fitness. You'll also be given a one week membership
to come back.
Speaker 4 (21:49):
You'll be given a guest pass to come back.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
So we want you to come, We want you to
invite your friends. We're also going to have vendors that day,
so it's going to be a real fun pack day.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
We're going to have refreshments.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Again, we're getting the whole connection to the cause with
the community, so the kids will have activities as well.
So the other thing is if you do have a
connection to this cause like many of us do, like
you and I do, Jenny, I want you to think
about extending your reach and using that donation page to
create your own.
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Fundraising got it. So you can use that als dot
org forward slash one Life Fitness, join the club that's
closest to you, and then create your own fundraiser and
make a difference.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Then you can export that to your social media and
all your friends and family.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I am going to tell everyone I know, Gina.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Jenny, absolutely, please, yes, thank you, Let's do it.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Now, Gina spend instructor extraordinary. Which location of One Life
will you be at on the longest day? June twenty first,
also the day for Workout to end all I'm.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Going to be Rockville and Pike and Rose. I.
Speaker 5 (23:02):
I just want to invite people to come out and
make a difference and where they're purple that day, where
your favorite purple swag. You know, we all have it
right the event. It's not about a T shirt, it's
not about a wristband. It's about that connection to the
heart that we talked about Jenny, and making a difference
and that connection to brain.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Health and fitness.
Speaker 5 (23:25):
And June twenty first is the great way to do that. Again,
it's the longest day. It's workout to end Alzheimer's. It's
at One Life Fitness and it's at one near you.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Do you know what if you want to sign up
to take a class that day? How does that all work?
Speaker 5 (23:39):
So if you're a non member, If you're a member,
you already know the protocol because we have an app right,
But if you're a non member out there and you
want to join us. You'll want to donate online alz
dot org. Call the location of the club that you
want to participate and that activity and tell them that
(24:00):
you are going to participate.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
G you know Willoughby, Alzheimer's Association board member and volunteer.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
You are a rock star.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Thank you so much for all you do for the
Alzheimer's Association and this very very important cause.
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