ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Ashley Cole is walking for her grandmother, Lillian.Cole is one of the many people participating in the Rockland Walk to End Alzheimer's on Sunday at Palisades Credit Union Park in Pomona. Registration begins at 9 a.m., with an opening ceremony at 10 a.m., followed by the walk.Cole began noticing her grandmother's decline following the death of her grandfather. ...

PURCHASE, N.Y. --  The West Lawn of SUNY Purchase is the new home of Sunday's 2017 Westchester Walk To End Alzheimer's, run by the Alzheimer's Association.Registration for the walk begins at 9 a.m., with an opening ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. followed by the walk. Last year's walk was held at White Plains High School.Neil Klar, the co-chair of the committee, became involved with ...

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- A Spring Valley Church is hoping the color purple will help raise awareness for Alzheimer's.The St. Paul's Episcopal Church became involved with the Alzheimer's Association's Purple Sunday initiative this spring. “I learned they have Purple Sunday at churches, so I said we could use you at our church,” Linnette Livermore, the Health Ministry Chair, said. “My ...

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Michelle Edwards Brisbane, a Mount Vernon resident, is doing what she can to help fight Alzheimer's.The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter named Brisbane one of its 2016-17 Women’s Champion. The 12 champions from around the Hudson Valley were chosen because of their devotion to the cause of ending Alzheimer's.Brisbane and her family are deeply involved ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Donna Slavin, a Poughkeepsie resident, is deeply devoted to ending Alzheimer's Disease.The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter named  Slavin one of its 12 Women’s Champions. Slavin is the coordinator for Always There Home Care, having spent her entire career working closely with the elderly. She is a regular participant and team captain in the ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Stacy Cohen, a White Plains resident who previously lived in Chappaqua, is doing what she can to rid the world of Alzheimer's Disease.Cohen was honored by the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter as one of its 2016-2017 Women's Champions. Cohen is one of 12 champions from around the Hudson Valley chosen because of their devotion to the fight against ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- A Pleasantville mother-daughter team is leading the fight against Alzheimer's.Amy Shanus and her daughter Maggie were honored as Women's Champions by the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter. They are among 12 women chosen to be champions because of their devotion to the fight against Alzheimer’s.They became involved with the Alzheimer’s Association after ...

YONKERS, N.Y. -- Marlene George of Yonkers, a graduate student at Sarah Lawrence College studying health advocacy, knows a thing or two about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. Her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the fall of 2011. For a few years, George lived with her parents in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and helped with the caregiving. Because of her nursing background, she took ...

BEACON, N.Y. -- Matt Santoro, a Beacon resident, knows the water is going to be cold Saturday. But he'll do whatever it takes to raise money for Alzheimer's Disease.Santoro, a member relations supervisor for TEG Credit Union, is one of the many hundreds of people taking part in the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter's seventh annual Subzero Heroes fundraiser by plunging into ...

ARMONK, N.Y. -- William M. “Andy” Cahn III of Armonk, a champion of the Alzheimer’s Association’s cause, died on on Monday, Jan. 9. He was 79.Cahn had been on the board of directors of the association’s local chapter since 2008. He was its chairman and had served in many other capacities.He volunteered as a caregiver support group facilitator and also participated in the chapter’s ...