![](../images/friendraiser_uploads/17194.714835511.custom.jpg)
Our Team Story
I'm sure I'm not alone in saying, "I want this disease to go away." My youngest Team Joy members are my grandchildren, Carter, Violet, Dominic and Zinnia. We'll soon be adding one more...Baby Girl O'Connell will be arriving sometime late June/early July. Life. I want these babies to have a life without Alzheimer's Disease. Undoubtedly, they will have something to research, cure, or change, when they are adults. I am hoping Alzheimer's is not part of that.
Purple means to me (I wrote and included this in a Team Joy email in July, 2023).
“Purple is a symbol of strength, of determination, of hope and of a journey, representative of a “deep” caring for a loved one(s) or others, their endurance throughout that journey, and a symbol of the continuation of that love even after they are gone.”
~Paula Selland
![](../images/friendraiser_uploads/17194.714835511.custom.jpg)
Team Members
![Team captain](../images/friendraiser/icon_TeamCaptain.png)
The Power of a Donation
The dollars you raise fuel the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer's Association.
Add your name to our donor list today!
#TheLongestDay #ENDALZ