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The Dr. Jack Diamond Tour

The national scientific director of the Alzheimer Society of Canada will be in New Brunswick during the month of September to deliver Healthy Brain workshops throughout the province and to talk about current research on Alzheimer's Disease.
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This fall, on September 16, 2010, the Alzheimer Society's national fundraiser will be celebrating its 15th anniversary. This fundraiser is a fun, social event that is easy to organize. The Alzheimer's Coffee Break® is just that - A Coffee Break®.

Where and When can a Coffee Break® be Held?

It can be held in your workplace, home, church, business, service club, community hall, or school. Choose a date - the national Coffee Break® day is on Wednesday September 16, 2010, but if this date doesn't work for you, feel free to pick a different day through the months of September and October. The next part is easy - invite your friends over by phone or email, put up posters at work, or hang a notice on the community bulletin board asking people to stop by for coffee and make a donation to the Alzheimer Society. It's easy to host a Coffee Break®

Coffee Break® and your Computer

Email - it's so simple to contact a large number of people in minutes; you can use your email to invite people to your event and you can also encourage people to make a donation to your Coffee Break® with online giving.

Online giving simply means that your friends, family and co-workers can make a pledge donation to you on their computer using their credit card. You can email friends and family near and faraway and you can customize your page to include a photo and message, and create a page to honour someone touched by this disease. If your friends cannot make your Coffee Break®, they can still support your event.
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Walk for Memories 2010

We are proud to announce the success of New Brunswick's Walk for Memories 2010. On May 30th more than a thousand people came out to support their local Alzheimer Societies in the seven walk locations around the province. Together $ 72 697.26 was raised! THANK YOU!

Donna and Roger's love story

Donna and Roger MacDiarmid never thought that in their retirement years they would be faced with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. After Roger began experiencing lapses in memory, they thought he was experiencing the lasting effects of chemotherapy. In 2001, after the memory issues became more frequent, Roger was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Over the years, both Roger and Donna have shared their experiences to encourage others to seek treatment and to raise awareness. Now unable to tell his story in January 2010 at an Alzheimer Society press conference, Donna shared their story. In Donna's words, this is a love story. Please click below to hear their love story.

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This originally aired on Astral Media Radio Atlantic stations CKHJ and CIBX (Capital FM) in Fredericton on That Sunday Show with Kelly McGee.

Wondering how your brain works?

Check out "Inside the Brain" - an interactive online tour that shows how Alzheimer's disease affects the brain.Click here

Publication of the book Different Minds: Living with Alzheimer Disease

Written by Lorna Drew and Leo Ferrari, Different Minds: Living with Alzheimer Disease is an illuminating side-by-side account of life partners living and coping with the early stages of Alzheimer Disease. In intimate journal entries, Lorna expresses how hard she finds being both a partner and a caregiver, while Leo describes how a person with Alzheimer Disease interprets his strange new world. Different Minds was prepared with the assistance of the Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick. All royalties from the sale of the book will go to the Alzheimer Society of Canada's Research Program.

To order a copy or for more information about Different Minds: Living with Alzheimer Disease, call the Alzheimer Society at 1-800-664-8411.

Donate Securely Online

You can donate safely and easily over the Internet through our secure online donations option provided by CanadaHelps. Within minutes of making your donation, you will receive by e-mail a secure Adobe PDF tax receipt, issued by CanadaHelps, which you can save and print out at any time. CanadaHelps then disburses the funds (less a 3% transaction fee) to us, along with any special requests associated with your donation.