Stamp Out Alzheimer's!

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Did you know that Alzheimer's Disease is currently the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S.? Currently, 5.3 MILLION people die of Alzheimer's disease in the U.S. each year. It is a fatal, progressive disease that slowly robs a person of their precious memories.

I myself have been personally touched my Alzheimer's. My Grandmother died of this disease in 1998. I have also dedicated much of my adult life to working with people who have Alzheimer's and related dementia causing diseases. Not only does this dementia strip an individual of their memory, personality and often dignity... it effects families more than you could imagine.

Providing care for an individual with memory loss costs a tremendous amount of money and energy. The Alzheimer's community needs your help! Many of us are involved in the memory preservation hobbies, so I wanted to share with you this very special Papercrafting Event.

Jen Tapler, of JenTapler Designs, and Susanna Boyd, founder of Papercraft Planet, have teamed up to bring you an exciting "pay to play" virtual papercrafting event to benefit the Alzheimer's Association; "Stampin' Out Alzheimer's".

Jen's father, like so many others, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Susanna's Grandmother died of Alzheimer's. It's a horrible disease that really takes it's toll on an entire family.

Jen and Susanna, along with a group of generous sponsors and challenge hostesses, have created a temporary online community where members can take part in a variety of challenges, contests, classes and workshops, and download several free products (a special digital kit, a printable 3-d template, tutorials, etc) in different papercrafting categories; stamping, cardmaking, scrapbooking, digi scrapping, hybrid, etc.

So far the response from the papercrafting industry has been amazing and they have received nearly $1000 worth of prizes to be given away throughout the event by their generous sponsors.
To participate in this event, use the "give" link in the paypal widget below to make your donation. You can determine the amount you donate using the drop-down menu, but we suggest a minimum $5 donation (At the conclusion of the event, 100% of these funds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association to help with their efforts to provide and enhance care and support for all those affected by this heartbreaking disease). Once you've made your donation, go register on the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's site.

The event kicks off on Monday, May 25 and will only last a week, ending at midnight on May 31, so don't miss out on this chance to help Stamp Out Alzheimer's!