CIRCLE OF CARE LEEZA'S PLACE - 2 Year Anniversary
Congratulations to our care advocate, Stefanie Elkins on her 2nd year anniversary at Circle of Care Leeza's Place in Sherman Oaks! I was so excited to be there for the cake and congratulatory hugs recently. With the support of Paula Kupiec and the Circle of Care Foundation, we have grown into a loving community offering comfort and care for many who need to gather their strength for a tough caregiving journey.
We all know how Alzheimer's disease affects entire families, and we were blessed to have incredible entertainment from a 13 year old, Alissa Anderegg www.AlissaAnderegg.com who's grandmother is diagnosed. Allissa was spectacular…so poised and beautiful as she sang show tunes and led the group in a sing-a-long. One of our long time regulars, Adeline, had written an original song to surprise Stefanie and it was THE hit of the day! I got teary-eyed looking at the faces gathered there, realizing there are so many more like us across the country, all united in love with a commitment to support each other. Seeing our idea, developed in Miami with our co founder Dr. Jamie Huysman, turn into a setting like this is proof that thoughts do indeed become things.
Congratulations to all of the volunteers, Ilene, Lisa, Maria, Beverly, Judy and Adelynne Siegel who wrote some beautiful “Caregiver Affirmations” which you can read by clicking HERE. Thanks for a remarkable two years at Circle of Care Leeza’s Place! I love you all…
AZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - Champions Campaign
The Alzheimer’s Association has delivered an important and powerful campaign called CHAMPIONS and I'm so pleased to be a part of it. The list of people involved is quite impressive with notable names such as Terrell Owens, Penny Marshall, Molly Sims, Wayne Brady, Anthony Anderson, John Glover, Lainie Kazan, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Bryant Gumbel. Each of us is committed to doing our part of raising awareness and money to create an Alzheimer's-free world. Until then, we will continue to advocate for our families and loved ones through our voices, actions and words. Congrats to the Alzheimer’s Association for a beautiful campaign! I loved being part of it.
THE MEMORY STORE
Recently, I was wearing our Memories Forever Necklace on camera and several people wrote me to ask where I got it...well this is how! We sell the necklace as well as several other items including our new FEARLESS line of visors, t-shirts, buttons, notecards and bandanas at our MEMORY STORE. Everything we sell directly benefits the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.
UNFORGETTABLE EVENT
We are so grateful to Harry Sefton III and the team at Sony and Deloitte who produced a powerful fundraiser called “Unforgettable”. It was a heartfelt night of education and awareness to benefit the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association. Thank you, Harry for your inspiring leadership and vision.
To our own Executive Director, Dr. Jamie Huysman and our Director of Special Projects, Susan Bredau, our deep appreciation. And to Niloo Rezai & Dorothy Leung from Deloitte, Ron McNair & Cathie Lloyd from Sony, and all the others who helped make this event so memorable, we will be forever in your debt!
