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Holiday Gifts That Help Fight Alzheimer's Disease
Date:10/18/2007

CHICAGO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half of holiday shoppers (57 percent) plan to purchase a gift that gives back to a good cause*. This year, choose a gift that will brighten someone's holiday and contribute to the fight against Alzheimer's disease, the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

Your gift could help fund care services for families struggling with Alzheimer's or support innovative research grants, which could one day put an end to this devastating disease. For more information visit http://www.alz.org.

Alzheimer's Association Champions T-shirt - Become an Alzheimer's Champion with the purchase of a Champions T-shirt as worn by celebrities such as: David Hyde Pierce, Dick Van Dyke and Ricki Lake. The distinctive purple colors of the Alzheimer's Association indicate that you can OPEN Your Mind, Use Your VOICE and MOVE the Cause.

-- T-shirts ($20-25) are available on http://www.actionalz.org.

SanDisk(R) Flash Memory Cards and USB Flash Drives - SanDisk Ultra II SD memory cards are ideal for capturing images on digital still and video cameras and for fast transfer of pictures to personal computers. The SanDisk Cruzer Micro flash drive allows you to carry and store important files, music, images and other data.

-- When SanDisk Ultra II SD 2GB memory cards ($44.99) and the SanDisk

Cruzer Micro 2GB USB flash drives ($39.99) are purchased at

participating retailers $1 will be donated to the Alzheimer's

Association.

The Connect and Reflect Kit - This holiday season purchase The Connect and Reflect Kit, including a Family Memory Book, a Family Memory CD and a Family Video available in VHS or DVD, for your loved one living with dementia and their caregiver.

-- When The Connect and Reflect Kit ($39.98) is purchased at


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