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Who We Are

Who We Are

Learn More About Aware Dallas

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Together we can foster a better tomorrow!

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Together we will make a difference, Join AWARE now.

For more information on becoming an AWARE member, please contact Ann McKinley at AnnM@Fowlercommunities.org.

Our Grant Recipients

Working hand in hand to help

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Bishop Arts Theater Center

Center for Brain Health
(The University of Texas at Dallas)

Dallas Symphony Association

For Love and Art

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas

Juliette Fowler Communities

NorthPark Presbyterian Church

Plano Symphony Orchestra

The Senior Source

Stomping Ground Comedy Center

Texas Winds Musical Outreach

The University of Texas at Dallas
(Lab of Dr. Chandramallika Basak)

The University of Texas at Dallas
(Lab of Dr. Kristen Kennedy)

Wilshire Baptist Church

Myrna D, Schlegel AWARE Scholarship Fund

AWARE is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer's disease by providing funding and support to programs, projects, and research of nonprofit organizations that actively help individuals affected by Alzheimer's in Dallas and the greater North Texas area.

Join AWARE now. Join the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

Become part of the solution.

Founded in 1989 by a small group of passionate and civic-minded Dallas women, AWARE has raised and donated over $12,000,000 so far toward this cause. These dedicated women created A.W.A.R.E. (Alzheimer’s Women’s Association for Resources and Education). Today, men and women of all ages have joined the fight. Today we are AWARE.

The Dallas Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of AWARE, a component fund of The Dallas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. In partnership with the Foundation, AWARE conducts an annual grant application review process resulting in the selection of the most exemplary nonprofit organizations working on the front lines in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease in Dallas and the North Texas region. AWARE provides funding and support to these outstanding groups that offer services, programs, education, and resources to those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, their families and caregivers, and to organizations doing valuable research to find a prevention and cure.

We have come a long way, but the fight is not over. AWARE continues to expand and broaden our scope, so that what we do to fight Alzheimer’s disease has the most impact for Dallas and surrounding communities in North Texas.

Founders

  • Ruth Sharp Altshuler
  • Cyndy Hudgins
  • Nancy Nelson
  • Evelyn Ponder
  • Billie Leigh Rippey
  • Anita Sampels

Executive Comittee

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Jolie Humphrey

President

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Barbara Glass

President Elect

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Julie Brown

Treasurer

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Carol Stabler

Recording Secretary

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Misty Keown

Membership/Bvb Liaison

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Stacey Angel

Grant Review Chair

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Sharon Ballew

Immediate Past President

Aware Affair Chairs 2020

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Kersten Rettig

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Clark Knippers

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Karen Carney

Underwriting Chair

Committe Chairs

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Nancy Bierman

Corresponding Secretary

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Wendy Kumpf

Communications

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Barbara Mathes

Directory/Yearbook

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Stacey Angel

Finance

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Josey Kennington

Grant Review Chair-Elect

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Nicole Bates

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Gail Plummer

Long Range/Strategic Planning

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Marilyn Conrow

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Karisti Shankle

Programs

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Cindy Marshall

Programs Chair-Elect

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Mary Jo Lincicome

Treasurer-Elect

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Jack Broyles

AWARE Men

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Richard Harmer

AWARE Men

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Janet Broyles

AWARE Men Liaison

Why We Give

Alzheimer's disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, and the 3rd leading cause among seniors.

An estimated 5.8 million Americans has Alzheimer’s disease
More than 16 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias.

These caregivers provided an estimated 18.6 billion hours of care valued at nearly $244 billion. Between 2000 and 2018 deaths from heart disease have decreased 7.8% while deaths from Alzheimer’s have increased 146%.

1 in 10 people age 65 or older has Alzheimer’s or a related dementia.

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1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.  It kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.

Early-onset Alzheimer’s can strike individuals as young as age 30.
Only 16% of seniors receive regular cognitive assessments during routine health check-ups.

In 2019, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the nation $290 billion. By 2050, these costs could rise as high as $1.1 trillion.

 

5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million.

Every 65 seconds someone in the United States develops the disease.
Texas ranks fourth in the number of Alzheimer’s cases and second in the number of Alzheimer’s deaths.

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25 Highland Park Village Suite 100-485
Dallas, TX 75205

Email Address: info@AWAREdallas.org

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The Dallas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity, Federal Tax ID 75-2890371, is the fiscal sponsor of AWARE.

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