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300 Miles to Remember

When my friend Kim and I first heard about The Longest Day last year, we immediately knew what activity we wanted to do: Run! We both had been running and participating in road races for several years...

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Fighting Alzheimer’s From Sunrise to Sunset

In the Fall of 2010, my family and I received the worst news we had ever had—my 57-year-old mom had dementia.  It’s been four years since we received that initial diagnosis, and the reality and...

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Today I Trek the Appalachian Trail to Fight Alzheimer’s

Today, I began the second half of my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail as part of The Longest Day, an event to fight Alzheimer’s. A thru-hike is a long-distance journey from trail beginning to end. I...

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16 Hours of Playing Video Games to Mark The Longest Day

Playing video games for 16 hours is normal for a teenager on summer vacation, but if a bunch of adults were doing it, they would be said to be wasting their day. Not when those adults are defending...

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Making Korean Lucky Pouches in Honor of My Grandmother

Today, my three siblings, several friends and I are packed inside my small apartment in New York to make Korean lucky pouches, called “jumoni,” from sunrise to sunset as our way of participating in The...

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The Bridge Ladies Challenge the Motorcycle Club to Ride for a Good Cause

Today, just after the sunrise, a group of motorcycle riders met at a truck stop in West Monroe, La., to ride our Harley Davidson bikes down to New Roads, La., a historic district just outside of Baton...

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Advocating for Early-Onset Alzheimer’s — One Letterbox at a Time

My family and I have set out for a great day of scavenger hunting, in the form of letterboxing, as our way of participating in The Longest Day, a summer solstice event where people around the world do...

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Twirling to End Alzheimer’s

On The Longest Day, I will be fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association doing something I love, baton twirling. I have worked hard to get the word out by making announcements at schools, handing out...

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