Influx of Aging Baby Boomers Emphasizes Importance of Event NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With memory concerns and successful aging major topics of concern for the aging population, especially as the first baby boomers turn 65 next year, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) is answering the call by offering free, confidential memory screenings and educational materials about brain health during its 8th annual National Memory Screening Day (NMSD) on November 16.
The Jr. Dixon Foundation has been opened in the memory of my loving and giving son, Burley L. Dixon Jr. who was killed this year on Jan. 6. Burley would always extend a helping hand to those in need. He was a student at Howard University where he was a big brother to young boys without fathers. He organized rape prevention seminars that are still in place today at Howard University. He lectured to high school students about attending college after graduation and brought them on campus to view college Life. Burley had to have his leg amputated at the age of 10 because of a vascular disease. He faced that with courage and dignity as he always faced whatever challenges came is way. When Burley broke his prosthetic leg, he had to come home from school, which was very difficult for him, beca...
Higher Risk for Latinos Emphasizes Importance of National Memory Screening Day Event NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) in collaboration with the Latino Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders Alliance, Mexican Consulate and major hospitals will offer free, confidential memory screenings in Spanish in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York on various dates in November.
Rena Dixon, founder and president of the Heart of Gold Foundation for Sarcoidosis, started the nonprofit foundation in memory of her husband, Kenneth Glen Dixon Sr., who passed away Jan. 31, 2006 from undetected cardiac sarcoidosis. The foundation plans to open the Kenneth Glen Dixon Sr. Center of Excellence for Sarcoidosis, which will combine patient information with laboratory findings to provide clinical relevance to basic science research. The foundation is the first chapter in the Pittsburgh area to publicly raise awareness of this disease. For more information, visit www.heartofgoldgd.org.
The Al Pollard Memorial Foundation has received a 2011 Chancellor's Award for Leadership in Philanthropy from the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. The foundation was nominated by Virginia Western Community College. The foundation was created to honor Al Pollard, the Roanoke restaurateur behind Corned Beef & Co., Frankie Rowland's and 419 West who died suddenly in 2006.
One common question after the funeral of her 5-year-old daughter had Tamara Ekis thinking hard about the answer. Right after Grace died, everyone said to me, 'Do you see her everywhere?' " Ekis recalled.
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