This week Helping Hand welcomes back the Alzheimer’s Association Aloha Chapter, learning about the disease afflicting 26,000 state residents, their upcoming four area walks and how we can support them. Honolulu ATC Host Dave Lawrence speaks with Steve Tam, Alzheimer’s Association Aloha Chapter Advisory Board member.
Helping Hand is a weekly feature during the afternoon drive statewide broadcast of NPR’s All Things Considered on HPR1 stations statewide and then archived online here. Each Friday afternoon, Helping Hand puts the spotlight on an organization, topic or event that offers assistance to the disabled and others among the most vulnerable.
Contact the Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter:
Website: alz.org/hawaii (an email form is online there, as well as details on the four area walks and a donation portal)
Phone: (808) 591-2771, also (800)272-3900 for the national helpline, available 24 hours a day.
Also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Find all the Helping Hand segments here.
The four local Walks to End Alzheimer's:
August 27 on Kauai at Kapaa Beach Park, September 3 in Honolulu at Moanalua Gardens, September 17 on Hawaii Island at Liliuokalani Gardens & Park, & September 24 on Maui at Keopuolani Park.
