DO YOU

Forget where you put yo

Forget if you locked the door.

Forget someone's name?
Get frustrated when you can't always
remember things?

Michael Atler stretches before a practice
walk.

programs in the community, says
Dr. Cheryl Perkins, a senior clinical
adviser at the Komen Foundation
in Texas.
The walk will start in Ypsilanti
and walkers will cover about 20
miles a day, arriving at their desti-
nation, St. Mary's College of
Orchard Lake.
"The Susan G. Komen
Foundation has one reason for
being — to find an end to breast
cancer," Sitron said. "They're the
largest non-governmental granting
organization for breast cancer
efforts in the world and the pri-
mary objective of the races is to
raise money for treatment, early
detection and awareness about
breast cancer." ❑

DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY?

If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," then the Memory
Club is for you. You are invited to attend a unique program for
mature persons experiencing memory problems.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE
IN YOUR LIFE, JOIN THE MEMORY CLUB!

What Komen Funds

• Dr. Mary-Claire King
worked on the inherited BRCA-
1 gene mutations that identified
some high-risk women.
• Dr. V. Craig Jordan, often
called the "father of Tamoxifen,"
helped to usher in chemo-pre-
vention concept.
• Nobel Prize winner Dr.
Leland Hartwell used a Komen
grant to study cell cycle regula-
tion and cell division.
• 2004 — $32 million for
research in prevention, early
detection diagnosis and progno-
sis; treatment and cancer con-
trol; survivorship and outcomes
research.
• 2004 — Ohio University
unit grant studies the role of
nitrates and nitrites in red meat
and how they contribute to
breast cancer.

Memory Training Sessions

Regularly Scheduled
Field Trips

Memory-enhancing
Games - Music - Crafts

For more information, contact:
Shirley Jarcaig, MSW, CSW
Memory Club Coordinator
at JVS
(248) 233-4247

Volunteer Opportunities

The Memory Club is brought to you by:
Jewish Home and Aging Services
and JVS - Realizing Life's Potential

Exercise Classes

In partnership with

Lunch Provided

The Agencies of the Jewish Federation

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Connecting People & Services

This program is made possible by a generous gift from the Shirley Harris Fund.

This is Federation

Visit us online: www.thisisfederation.org

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