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Stoneham Mother-Daughter Duo Raises Alzheimer's Awareness
Maureen Comito and her daughter Morgan collectively raised almost $10,000 for the event this year for their team A Ride Down Memory Lane.
From the Alzheimer's Association, MA/NH Chapter:
STONEHAM, MA - Maureen Comito of Stoneham, will bike 62 miles in the 2016 Ride to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, June 11 in Rye, NH and she’ll have a special cheerleader on volunteering along the route – her 12-year-old daughter Morgan.
When Maureen joined the Ride to End Alzheimer's five years ago, her mother Julieanne was battling Alzheimer's. That year, at just 7-years-old, Morgan decided to hold a lemonade stand to help Maureen raise money for the event. Morgan looked forward to going to the Ride each year to cheer on her mother. In 2015, Morgan joined the event as a volunteer and looks forward to helping again this year.
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"I watched my grandmother suffer and recently pass from Alzheimer’s,” said Morgan who lost her grandmother in March. “My whole life, she had been sick. I didn't get to know her very well because of Alzheimer's and I wish I got to know her even better.”
The mother-daughter duo has collectively raised almost $10,000 for the event this year for their team A Ride Down Memory Lane.
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Started by the Noonan family, the event has raised almost $4,000,000 for Alzheimer’s disease research. Formerly called Memory Ride, the Ride to End Alzheimer’s grew from a small, family-inspired event to a cycling challenge attracting riders throughout New England and beyond.
”The Alzheimer’s Association is committed to accelerating the progress of treatment, prevention and ultimately a cure for Alzheimer’s disease,” said Jim Wessler, president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter. “The Ride to End Alzheimer’s is crucial in helping us fund Alzheimer’s and dementia researchers. It also provides critical support and education to people living with Alzheimer’s and their families throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.”
For more information about the Ride to End Alzheimer’s visit here.
Photo: Morgan (pink sign) and Mom (with bike) and family at the 2015 Ride to End Alzheimer's
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