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URGENT

Please call or write your legislators in Lansing

Due to the economic downturn in Michigan, nearly $400,000 is targeted to be cut from the Michigan budget for Alzheimer's programs.  Hands on services like daycare, in-home respite may have to be eliminated.  Education workshops and helpline information and counseling may be severely cut back.

Please call your legislator today with this short message:
"Do not cut programs for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their family.  Keep the Healthy Michigan Fund and the Older Adult Initiative line items in the budget."  Most important, personalize the letter/phone call with a short message on how Alzheimer's disease has affected you and your family.

Also, Senator Pappageorge will be at the:

• Troy Community Center, 3179 Livernois, Troy, from 9 am to 11 am on June 27.
• Baldwin Library, 300 West Merrill Street, Birmingham, the same day, June 27, from 12 noon to 2 pm.

Join us for a "do not cut Alzheimer's programs from the State budget rally" at each location.  We need at least 100 people there to make an impression.  Since our programs will "sink" if they are cut, we need you to bring a life jacket, raft, or any other life saving prop that you have.  This will get his attention and also we may get some media attention.

Please call Ilene Orlanski at 248.996.1041 or e-mail at Ilene.orlanski@alz.org or call Carrie collins at 248.996.1059 or e-mail her at carrie.collins@alz.org for more details.

Those living in Troy, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak, Clawson, Birmingham, Sylvan Lake and Huntington Woods, please contact:  Senator Pappageorge at 877-736-1384; fax 517-373-5669 or write him at:

State Senator
The Honorable George Pappageorge
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7536

Those living in Gratiot and Saginaw counties, please contact:
Senator Roger Kahn at 866-305-2132; fax at 517-373-1760 or write him at:

State Senator
The Honorable Roger Kahn
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7536

All others can find their legislator by clicking here.

The Alzheimer’s Association invites you to become an Alzheimer advocate. Join us and speak up for the needs and rights of people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.

Add your voice to ours — become an advocate today.

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What is an advocate?

Alzheimer advocates play an important role in improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families by working to improve dementia care and services; improve access to community-based care; improve quality care in residential settings; and expand funding for research and public programs serving people with dementia.

As an advocate, you will:

• Receive regular updates about current legislative and public policy issues.
• Stay on top of policy and legislative issues through alerts and updates.
• Make calls or write to legislators to forward public policy priorities to improve quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s.

State advocacy

• State priorities
• Register to vote

Federal advocacy

•  National priorities
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