Host:  Jerry Horn
Email: jhorn@theaftd.org
Date: 9/27/2022
Location: BJ’s Restaurant – Mobile, AL
Event: This is a restaurant giveback event. BJ's has provided a flyer with a barcode that diners will present to their server. The restaurant will donate back 20% of the meal price to the AFTD. This includes in-person, online orders and take-out orders.

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Host: Terry Walter
Email: terwalter@gmail.com
Date: 10/8/22
Location: Women’s Club – Lincoln, CA
Event: Wine Tasting with Food, silent auction and raffle, education and awareness Education/Awareness Items Requested

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Host: Liz Matthews
Email: meganelizabethmatthews2@gmail.com
Date: 9/25/22
Location: Zoom (Ecuador)
Event: I will be holding a virtual cooking show of Ecuadorian (and possibly Vietnamese) dishes. I am studying abroad in Ecuador and will have the assistance of other students and possibly staff on the trip. Guests can participate via Zoom where they are welcome to unmute and join in the conversation, but are by no means obligated to. We will share the ingredients in advance and demonstrate how to cook it for our guests, and they can cook along with us in real time.

Food for Thought T-shirts 

Host: Nicole DeLeve
Email: nelevde@gmail.com
Date: 9/25/22
Location: Overland Park, KS (will deliver to most of the Kansas City area)
Event: For the Love of Everything Bakery (owned by Nicole DeLeve) will be hosting Cupcakes for Dad. It will be held Sept. 25th-Oct. 8th. There will be six different cupcake flavors to choose from. Proceeds go to AFTD. For more details check out www.ftloebakery.com, on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/FortheLoveofEverythingBakery or Instagram at: ftloebakery

Host: Kristin O’Keefe
Email: kbaileyokeefe@yahoo.com
Date: 9/25/22
Location: Virtual (NH)
Event: I will be making and posting some of Marty's favorite meals and posting them to his social media, my personal social media and my professional (personal chef) social media. If they make a donation, they will receive the recipe. Local donors who give above a certain threshold will receive the recipe and I will deliver them a portion of the meal.

Host: Libba Adams
Email: adamslibba@gmail.com
Date: 9/25/22
Location: Facebook and Instagram (NC)
Event: Along with posting daily facts and info about FTD, I'll be sharing a publicly shared favorite recipe on my Facebook and Instagram pages every day of the event, 9/25-10/9/22. I'll include a link for donations.

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Host: Kath and Sara LaFone
Email: timlafone@yahoo.com
Date: 10/09/22
Location: Nash Street Tavern. Hillsborough, NC
Event: In memory of my late husband, Tim, my daughter, Sara, and I will host an annual Food For Thought gathering - TIMFEST - that will include education about Frontotemporal Degeneration, sharing community resources, serving some of Tim's favorite foods, providing live music, and creating a friendly atmosphere to foster dialog and community building.

During TIMFEST 2022, we will:

• Raise awareness about Frontotemporal Degeneration and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration;
• Honor Tim - his journey with FTD - and his love of music, performing, and food;
• Provide live music from Orange County Lock Down (folk/rock/blues fusion) on the tavern patio. The band includes a couple of Tim's long-time musician friends and TIMFEST co-host Sara LaFone;
• Raise funds to support AFTD's efforts in the areas of research, support for those diagnosed with FTD and their loved ones, education for healthcare professionals, and advocacy for affordable services. AFTD envisions and works every day to create a future free of FTD;
• Share resources from "10" area organizations that lend support to people affected by a brain changes, a dementia diagnosis, and/or aging challenges;
• Gift TIMFEST "Swag Bags" to event participants. The "Swag Bags" will contain "10" food and self-care items.

Host: Marian Grems
Email: mgrems@msn.com
Date: 10/09/22
Location: Zoom (OH)
Event: Let's gather in the kitchen and cook together on Zoom to take a bite out of Frontotemporal Degeneration. Invite your family and friends to join the fun as we cook up a storm of applelicious fall favorites and "pig in a pumpkin: The Zoom link, recipes, and equipment list will be emailed to donors ten days prior to the event.

Host: Corey Compa
Email: ccompa@artismgmt.com
Date: 9/28/22
Location: Huntingdon Valley, PA
Event: We will be collecting recipes from our residents’ families and our associates and compiling them into a cookbook which we will sell to raise funds for AFTD! On September 28th we will host a memory cafe in our community with caregivers and their loved ones where we will lead a cooking class with a recipe from our cookbook!

Host: Bonnie Shepherd
Email: bbshepherd@comcast.net
Date: 10/08/22
Location: Storm Mountain. 10000 South 11400 South. Sandy, UT
Event: Potluck Picnic caregiver, care receiver, family and friends’ education.

Host: Joanne Lineurd
Email: jlineurd@theaftd.org
Date: 9/25/22
Location: Premier Meat Pies: 1001 Alaskan Way. #105, Seattle, WA 98104
Event: My sister, Karen Bainbridge, owns Premier Meat Pies in Seattle. They will be donating 20% of sales to the AFTD when people use a promotional code, during the entire 2 weeks of Food for Thought. They will have brochures in their store, and we will do a lot on social media to connect the Food for Thought event and their restaurant and our family's FTD story.