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June 15, 2016
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ACBL’s commitment to fighting Alzheimer’s disease is in the cards
The Longest Day®, a sunrise-to-sunset team event to raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer's Association, is June 20, and the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) has nearly 200 teams doing what they love – playing bridge – to honor those facing Alzheimer’s disease. Joe Sinkey, captain of the Fred’s Bridge Club team in Athens, Georgia, says, “My mother and my grandmother both died from Alzheimer’s, and several fraternal cousins have died from the disease, or are currently battling it. Remembering and honoring them provide more than enough reasons for me to keep participating in The Longest Day.” Join ACBL and other teams around the world on The Longest Day.

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Join “Life in Pieces” in honoring those facing Alzheimer’s on The Longest Day
The cast of the CBS show “Life in Pieces,” about a family and its milestone moments as told by its various members, has joined in the fight against Alzheimer’s with a public service announcement about The Longest Day. The annual event on the summer solstice symbolizes the challenging journey of those living with the disease and their caregivers.
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Love story endures through husband’s younger-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Julia Balson knows that Alzheimer’s disease affects 47 million people worldwide, a growing percentage of which are younger than the age of 65. She knows this statistic because her beloved husband, Mike, was diagnosed at age 58. The Balsons want the world to know that Alzheimer’s doesn’t just affect “old people.”
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