{"id":14068,"date":"2013-03-24T13:58:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=14068"},"modified":"2013-03-24T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:04:18","slug":"tell-congress-to-support-alzheimers-legistation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/tell-congress-to-support-alzheimers-legistation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Washington: We Must Stop Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2929\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/21\/finishing-the-14ers-whats-next\/img_1124\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2929\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2929\" alt=\"Alan on Sunlight peak with Ida\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_1124-225x169.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_1124-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_1124-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_1124-169x126.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_1124.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I signed the petition for Ida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been an Alzheimer&#8217;s Advocate since 2007. I use my mountaineering,   check<\/a>  speaking,     and website to tell the story of my mom, Ida Arnette and our battle with Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, my annual coverage of Everest is part of my efforts to raise awareness and research money for Alzheimer&#8217;s non-profits. You can read more about Ida and our journey at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/alzheimer\/memoriesareeverything.php\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019m asking that you join me in signing the <a href=\"http:\/\/actions.usagainstalzheimers.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=9067\" target=\"_blank\">Stop Alzheimer&#8217;s Petition<\/a>. We must come together to stop this disease.<\/p>\n<p>Later this spring, a coalition of Alzheimer&#8217;s activists is going to present this Petition to members of Congress. We are making a push to raise our numbers, and it would mean so much to me if you would <a href=\"http:\/\/actions.usagainstalzheimers.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=9067\" target=\"_blank\">sign the Petition today<\/a>. When you stand with me and thousands of others today, Congress and the White House won&#8217;t be able to ignore the voices demanding they take real action against this terrible disease.<\/p>\n<p>I signed for my mom, Ida, but it\u2019s our collective voice that is more powerful than any one individual alone.<\/p>\n<p>By signing this <a href=\"http:\/\/actions.usagainstalzheimers.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=9067\" target=\"_blank\">Petition<\/a>, you\u2019re partnering with USAgainstAlzheimer&#8217;s and dozens of other leading organizations in the Alzheimer&#8217;s community to support this national call to action.<\/p>\n<p>So many others are fighting these battles with us, whether it\u2019s caring for a loved one, advocating for more research funding or mobilizing communities to speak out and take action.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Ida and our family, thank you for joining us in this fight.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>Alan<br \/>Memories are Everything<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been an Alzheimer&#8217;s Advocate since 2007. I use my mountaineering, check speaking, and website to tell the story of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-14068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimers","tag-alzheimers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}