Our Impact
Funds raised through Junior Committee events become investments in Alzheimer’s research and the critical programs offered by the New York Chapter. In recent years, we have earmarked portions of our non-research funds for Safe Return, a national initiative that facilitates the return of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias who wander and become lost. Our contribution enabled the Chapter to hire a part-time staff person to help publicize and administer the initiative, and the number of Safe Return registrants has doubled. As a result, in 2005, the City of New York awarded a $500,000 grant in support of this initiative.
More recently, the Junior Committee has also supported a Special Assistance Fund to assist indigent Alzheimer’s patients in the five boroughs—and their caregivers—with urgent needs, such as air conditioning during the brutal summer heat.