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Parents Launch Prolific Fundraising Effort After Daughter's Alzheimer's Diagnosis

Parents Launch Prolific Fundraising Effort After Daughter's Alzheimer's Diagnosis
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January 24, 2020
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Parents Launch Prolific Fundraising Effort After Daughter's Alzheimer's Diagnosis

A San Ramon couple is working to raise money to end Alzheimer’s after an unexpected diagnosis in the family.

Jim and Denys Vorhees said their daughter Stacey was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s in 2017 at the age of 40. The news came as a shock because Stacey was so young. Click the link to listen to the full story.
 

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