Alzheimer's Donation

Alan Arnette is an Alzheimer's advocate for individuals, their families and anyone impacted by this disease through his professional speaking, climbing and website.

His objectives for the Memories are Everything^® climbs are:

Educate the public, especially youth, on the early warning signs and how to prepare
Increase awareness that Alzheimer's Disease has no cure
Raise research money for Alzheimer's non-profits

He has completed two major projects:

• NO CURE, always Fatal
• No easy, inexpensive method of early detection
• 6th leading cause of death in the US
• New case every 68 seconds, 4 seconds worldwide
• Impacts more than 5+m in US, 25m+ worldwide
• Devastating financial burden on families
• Depression higher for caregivers
• Issues are increasing rapidly as population ages

100% of your donation goes to Alzheimer's, none to Alan.

The Cure Alzheimer's Fund is a non-profit organization that raises money and directs targeted research. The Fund is supported by grants from three families and covers all of their overhead. This means of 100% of your donation goes directly to Alzheimer's research.

The Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research, and the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer’s research. The Association’s vision is a world without Alzheimer’s®. Visit the Alzheimer's Association to learn more.

USAgainstAlzheimer’s is a national advocacy campaign and independent advocacy network committed to stopping Alzheimer’s by 2020. By joining this Movement, you will be working to advance policies to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer’s disease in our lifetime. USAgainstAlzheimer’s PAC is a Political Action Committee that makes contributions to candidates that share this commitment.

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) is the international federation of Alzheimer associations around the world, in official relations with the World Health Organization. Each member is the Alzheimer association in their country who support people with dementia and their families. ADI's vision is an improved quality of life for people with dementia and their families throughout the world.

Alzheimer's Resources

The following websites have information for you, your family and caregivers to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and ongoing research:

Contributing Companies

A portion of these sales go to Alzheimer's research. Please see their sites for details.

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Everest 2013 T-Shirts

Have a friend or loved one climbing Everest in 2013? Tell the world!! The back of each shirt has a map of the route to the summit.
A portion of all sales go to Alzheimer's causes.

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Steps to the Summit

"Steps to the Summit is not only a captivating account of overcoming challenges while climbing Everest and the Seven Summits, but also a guidebook for achieving true success in business and life. “…a riveting story of triumphant adventure.”
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Hope, Need and Urgency for Alzheimer’s

The spending on Alzheimer's research pales in comparison to that spent on cancer, heart disease and many other crippling diseases. Funding through the National Institutes of Health puts Alzheimer's far behind at only $443 million in 2011 as compared to $5.8 billion for cancer, $3 billion for AIDS and $4.3 billion for heart disease. Government spending on research is less then one penny for every dollar spent on care.

NO CURE, always Fatal
No easy and inexpensive method of early detection
6th leading cause of death in the United States
Every 68 seconds another US person is newly diagnosed, 4 seconds worldwide
Impacts more than 5 million people in the United States and over 25 million worldwide
Burden on families and family caregivers are devastating both personally and financially
With aging population, these issues are increasing dramatically

The Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program of Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy and Pfizer Inc. funded my climbs for the 7 Summits campaign and ongoing efforts between November 2010 and November 2012. All money I raised then and now from donations goes directly to the organizations I have selected. During the campaign, content posted here was my own but subject to certain limitations in conjunction with the support of the AIP.