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The Mario Cuomo Bridge will be lit in purple tomorrow night to mark World Alzheimer's Month and upcoming walks. News 12's Lisa LaRocca is in Tarrytown this morning to talk about the disease affecting so many families here in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. Lisa. Yeah, there's actually 5 walks here in our area that are coming up, and there's a big bridge lighting party happening tomorrow night. This is all to help folks who are struggling, dealing families with this terrible disease. Let me introduce you to Matt Colotta. He's with the Rotary Club. Thanks so much for coming out so early this morning, Matt. Uh, Rotary nationwide. You're with Ossinings Rotary, but nationwide is getting involved with Alzheimer's now. Tell me about that. Yeah, so it's like all over 1.3 million Rotarians and our district is 7230 against across the river 7210, and we're trying to raise as much money as our walk for for Alzheimer's and dementia and Rotary made a big impact with polio and polio. And if everybody, you know, comes together, uh, magic's going to happen and we're gonna help a lot of people and um hopefully we do we have strides to really make this like. An incredible venture for all of us coming together and I think we could do it. It's it's hard. I mean, you know, you, you have personal connection to Alzheimer's. I do as well, so you know it's not just the patient, it's the families, it's the caregivers that you know it's a terrible disease because it affects so many people and still no cure and you know I guess that's what we're really hoping for with raising this money. Yes, and, and it's only going to happen with all of us coming together raising money so we can they can use the resources to um help uh help the cause, and we're gonna do it, Lisa. I, I, I hope so. I, I love your enthusiasm, Matt. Thanks so much. So uh listen, if you are struggling, uh, you have a family member, you're dealing with this tomorrow night, Horan's landing in. Sleepy Hollow. There's going to be line dancing and information and trucks and people just like you, so from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock they'll be lighting up that bridge. We're gonna be here all morning talking about Alzheimer's. Stick with us. We're in Tarrytown. Let's go back to the studio.

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Well, the Mario Cuomo Bridge will be lit in purple tomorrow night, all to mark World Alzheimer's Month and some upcoming walks. So let's check in with News Twelve's Lisa LaRoga this morning. She is in Tarrytown talking about this disease affecting so many families here in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. Good morning, Lisa. Good morning to you, Lisa. Good morning everyone and true Alzheimer's, there are approximately 7 million people in the United States alone that are living with Alzheimer's right now. So let me introduce you to some folks from Iona Prep who came out and they're very involved with the walks that are upcoming soon. So this is Alice at the end. She's from, uh, she's from the school and then we have. Brothers Chris and Tim Plunkett, who just had surgery, knee surgery, but is still out here anyway, and Dylan White. So thank you guys so much for coming. You guys started a walk last year. You started a club. What you told me you raised what, $12,000? Yes, last year we were able to raise more than $12,000 at the Westchester Walks for alls this October 5th. So we did that last year this year. We're hoping on planning more. We had 60 people show up last year and again we're hoping on having more people show up. So we're really, really excited about getting out there, but not just having that, but the whole year-long commitment to the going to nursing homes and creating relationships with residents or doing so drives. So whatever it is this year, we're fully involved and we're really excited to be a part of it. That's amazing. So I know, you know, I know that you guys have all had. Uh, you know, family members, so you know what it's like, how hard it is. So the fact that you dealt with that just kind of made you want to get involved. Yeah, I just wanted to help raise money so people didn't have to go through like what my family went through with that horrible disease. So yeah, you know, it's rough and so you got to be so proud to have students. I am. It's really great to be able to watch students come. Together and bring awareness for something that they might have been doing with their family and friends and advocating at the school so that it brings awareness to more students that they know Alzheimer's awareness is being taken care of by some Iona prep students and beyond. And so 60 had last year, you're going to get more this year, right? Alright, well I will be there too at the Westchester Walk, so I'll be looking for you guys. Meantime, tomorrow night there was a bridge lighting party over at Horan's Landing. Sleepy Hollow starts at 6 o'clock. There's support, there's line dancing. There's all kinds of cool stuff going on there, so you can start with that 5 different walks in our area alone, so you can check that out as well. We're in Tarrytown. Let's go back to the studio.

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The Mario Cuomo Bridge will be lit up in purple tomorrow night, all to mark World Alzheimer's Month and some upcoming walks. So let's get right to News 12. Lisa LaRocca. She's in Tarrytown to talk about the disease affecting so many families here in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. Lisa, good morning. Yeah, good morning to you, Lisa. Good morning, everyone, and you know so many families are unfortunately affected by Alzheimer's disease. So that's why it's so important to have events because people need to know they're not alone. They need that support. So as you mentioned, tomorrow night, bridge going to be lit up in all purple. Over at Horan's Landing in Sleepy Hollow, Hudson Valley chapter of Alzheimer's Association going have a big party. So tell me a little bit more about it, Nancy. This is very exciting. You guys do it every year. Yes, this is our 5th annual bridge lighting for Alzheimer's Awareness and to kick off our 2025 walk season. Uh, the Westchester Walk takes place two weeks later, Westchester Community College on October 5th. So we are going to start down at Horan's Landing from 6 to 8. We've got country line dancing. We've got. All kinds of food and raffles and all kinds of fun stuff and then we're going to move the party over here to the sale house thanks to Colleen and continue in an after party. This is a new addition to this event, so I'm grateful for everybody's participation. So Anthony, just to help with the logistics of tomorrow night, what do people need to know? So Sleepy Hal is the host. Haran's Landing is a beautiful park right on the river. We were able to get a huge parking lot, so there's plenty of parking within walking distance of the park. We helped with some of the other logistics, and there's going to be music and line dancing and all kinds of things, so it's a perfect spot to view the bridge. So we're excited about that and we're excited about having a sail house, which is great. So I mean this is where the beautiful sale house where we are. So you wanted to get involved. What a great idea to have a little after party. Yeah, so when Nancy called me and she Explained what was going on. We thought, wow, we have the most beautiful view of this bridge and if if her party is amazing and it ends at 8, why don't we just bring everyone down to Sale House and just really magnify this incredible event but also just have this wonderful party we're going to raise money. They're gonna have some opportunity to get in front of people and our regular crowd and all the other people that will be here to share their experiences and why we're here. I think it's gonna tap into a new audience. great so people can come here and just kind of and the most important thing like we said people you need to know that you're not alone and there's support and there's information that you so desperately need when you're dealing with this. So tomorrow night again's Landing then here at the sale house for the after party. 5 walks coming up in our area. We have information on our website. You can go to newstwelve.com for a link to get more information. We're in Tarrytown. Let's go back to the studio.

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The Mario Cuomo Bridge will be lit up in purple tomorrow night to mark World Alzheimer's Month and upcoming walks. News swell's Lisa LaRocca in Tarrytown to talk about this disease affecting so many families right here in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. Lisa. Yeah, you know, uh, so many people, as you mentioned, are affected by Alzheimer's and dementia, and you know, it affects all kinds of communities, and that's why, uh, communication and information is so key. So this is Damien. He's with the African American men of Westchester. This is the. First time you're getting involved with the walks this year with Alzheimer's Association. Talk a little bit about why. Yeah, no, um, I'm a member of the African American Men of Westchester and as a part of this organization, we have 4 tenants. It's, uh, social justice, economic mobility, health and wellness, and education. And our partnership with the Alzheimer's Association really speaks to our tenants of health and wellness and education. It's important, particularly in the black community to spread the word about these ailments and these issues. More often than not, these conditions like Alzheimer's disproportionately affect the black community. So we want to make sure that we are collaborating with great groups like the Alzheimer's Association to spread the word and be advocates for this cause. Absolutely, and you mentioned education and you know we've been talking about that all morning that. You know, having knowledge about this, especially if you are new to the, the club, if you wanna call it that, it's not a club you wanna wanna be a member of, that's for sure, but having that information and and having that, having that support is so key. It's very important, you know, the information that we spread with our partnership. But the Alzheimer's Association is not just for people who are impacted by Alzheimer's but also their caregivers and their families and their loved ones. We're able to share information about how you can, you can provide good resources, how you can, uh, you know, share efforts, how you can communicate and and and collaborate with other people who are being affected by Alzheimer's, um, so you have a, uh, you know, sort of better prospect. Forward. All right, well, we're glad to have you. So hopefully with all this help we're going to get a cure going tomorrow night. Horan's landing in Sleepy Hollow is the bridge lighting party, then the after party here at Sal House. It starts at 6 o'clock over at Horan's open to the public. Come and check it out. We're in Tarrytown. Let's go back to the studio.

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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, changes in behavior and personality

Cuomo Bridge to be lit in purple to mark World Alzheimer’s Month

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, changes in behavior and personality

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