My family and I are walking on October 6th to raise money for this horrible disease that takes the lives of so many that have it. We lost my grandmother, and 2 Uncles to this disease.

My mom is now fighting the same battle.

It starts by taking away your short-term memories. It then progresses on to take your long-term memories.

The FDA has just approved a couple of medicines that have proven to slow down the process in the early stages. This is definitely a step in the right direction. It all happened because of the donations that the organization has received through events like this. Our next step is to find a medicine that will slow down the progress on later stages.