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Seniors with Dementia Raise Funds for Alzheimer's

Greenridge Place residents sold lemonade and raised over $500 for the Alzheimer's Association.

Greenridge Place resident Leonard Hamre serves up lemonade to help the Alzheimer's Association.
Greenridge Place resident Leonard Hamre serves up lemonade to help the Alzheimer's Association. (Greenridge Place, an Anthem Memory Care community)

Residents at Greenridge Place, an Anthem Memory Care community in Westminster, recently hosted a lemonade stand to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter. The residents raised over $500 selling the sweet drink at the community located at 7700 W. 101st Avenue, Westminster.

The number of Coloradans with Alzheimer’s is expected to reach 92,000 by 2025 – a 21.1% increase - according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Anthem's core purpose is to protect, engage, and love people living with memory loss and is committed to provide understanding and significance to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Anthem, based in Lake Oswego, Ore., operates and develops memory care communities in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Utah and Washington. The company’s website is AnthemMemoryCare.com.

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