Commissioner John Stephen Named Honorary Chair for Alzheimer's Association's Memory Walk(R).BEDFORD, N.H. -- State department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS Commissioner John Stephen John Stephen was a Glaswegian clothes designer who had several shops on London's Carnaby Street. He is remembered as one of the main figures in creating Swinging London[1]. He died of cancer in 2004. will serve as honorary chair of Memory Walk, the Alzheimer's Association's premier fund-raising event. Memory Walk is slated to take place on Saturday, September 15th in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). at the following four locations: * The Capital Area Walk at the State House Lawn in Concord * Monadnock Region Walk at Keene State College Keene State College is liberal arts college in Keene, New Hampshire. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges as well as of the University System of New Hampshire along with the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, and the Granite State in Keene * Southern NH Walk at the Fisher Cats Stadium in Manchester * Seacoast Area Walk at Southern NH University, Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth "We will continue to provide resources and programs to ensure that those living with Alzheimer's and other memory diseases and their families are supported," Commissioner Stephen said. "The Department strongly supports research efforts that will bring about a cure for these devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. diseases." Dr. Robert Santulli, a geriatric psychiatrist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Coordinates: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is New Hampshire's only academic medical center and is headquartered on a 225-acre campus in the heart of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. and former President of the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer's Association of Vermont and New Hampshire, will serve as Honorary Medical Chair of the Memory Walk. "Our goal is to raise more than $175,000 statewide," according to Memory Walk Coordinator Cynthia Yates. Funds raised from Memory Walk go to fund programs and services for New Hampshire families in need of Alzheimer's education, information and support. Registration at the walks at all locations is set to begin at 8:30 a.m., with walks starting at 10 a.m. Entertainment and activities for all ages are planned for pre and post-walk. Sign-up is open now at www.memorywalknh.org. Participants can become involved as individuals or form a team in honor or memory of a loved one. Volunteers are also needed for all walks. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $225 million to help those battling Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization dedicated to finding preventions, treatments and eventually a cure. The organization's mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. For more information, visit www.alz.org/NH. |
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