According to 2016 Friends of BrainHealth Membership Co-Chairs Pam Borders and Kay Hammond,
Pam Borders and Kay Hammond*
“Every person we know—and that you know—is impacted by their brain’s performance. As one of our fellow Center for BrainHealth advisory board members once said, without brain health, you do not have health.
“We first became involved with the Center for BrainHealth because of its work involving healthy aging and its dedication to investigating scientific solutions that may stave off Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. We soon learned, however, that the aging brain is only one area of focus for BrainHealth. The Center for BrainHealth is committed to understanding, protecting, healing and enhancing the brain in people of all ages, whether in disease, injury or health.
“As 2016 Friends of BrainHealth Membership Chairs, we are thrilled to support our Friends of BrainHealth Co-Chairs Barbara Durham and Jane Smith, and the Co-Chairs of Junior Friends, an offshoot for the under 40 crowd, Anne MacDonald and Nena Oshman.
“Our wish is to have men and women in our community support Friends and help us fund at least four emerging scientists and their novel research initiatives each year.
2015 Friends of BrainHealth Award recipients (from the left): Hsueth-Sheng Chiang, Jenny Miller, Adam Teed and Matthew Kmieck*
“Scientists who are awarded the Friends $25,000 seedling grants conduct pilot studies that can serve as the groundwork for future, large-scale research initiatives and help forward the field of brain science.
“We humbly ask you to consider joining Friends of BrainHealth and support the work of future brain health leaders. Please visit http://www.centerforbrainhealth.org/friends_of_brainhealth/ or call Gail Cepak at 972.883.3408.
“There are seven membership levels:
- Junior Friend ($250 for those under age 40),
- Companion ($500),
- Friend ($1,000)
- Special Friend ($2,500)
- Esteemed Friend ($5,000)
- Distinguished Friend ($10,000) and
- Visionary Friend ($25,000).”
-By Pam Borders and Kay Hammond, 2016 Friends of BrainHealth Membership co-chairs
* Photos provided by Center for BrainHealth