Ohio Care Partner Shares Story to Help Others on the FTD Journey
Mary Kay Verhoff, a former FTD care partner from Ohio, recently published a book that tells the story of coming to terms with and navigating her husband’s decline from FTD. Published in July, “Just Breathe: A Caregiver’s Journey Through the Depths of Dementia” has 39 five-star reviews on Amazon, where it is available as a…
Read More2025 TD Five Boro Bike Tour
The AFTD-Team is an Official Charity Partner of the 2025 TD Five Boro Bike Tour, taking place on May 4! We’ve been allotted 10 guaranteed entries to the event. To be awarded an entry, each person must fundraise $500 for AFTD’s mission. If you’re interested in participating on the AFTD-Team for this event, please contact…
Read More2025 Los Angeles Marathon
Join select AFTD staff and members of the local community as we bring greater FTD awareness to the surrounding Los Angeles area and raise funds to help people affected by FTD. The AFTD-Team will participate in the Los Angeles Marathon on March 15-16 as an Official Charity Team. We hope you’ll join us for a…
Read More2025 Austin Marathon
Join select AFTD staff and members of the local community at the 2025 Austin Marathon as we bring greater FTD awareness to the surrounding Austin area and raise funds to help people affected by FTD. The AFTD-Team will participate in the Austin Marathon on February 16, as an Official Charity Team. We hope you’ll join…
Read More4th Annual Babson Basketball Fundraiser Game
Spencer Cline and the Babson Men’s Basketball Team are hosting the 4th Annual Babson Basketball Fundraiser Game on Saturday, January 25, 2025. In the past three years, the team has raised nearly $27,000 in support of AFTD’s mission in memory of Spencer’s father, Lawrence, who was diagnosed with FTD at the age of 50.
Read MoreAFTD Advocacy Webinar: Paving The Path Forward — Advancing AFTD’s Public Policy Priorities
Families living with FTD have significant unmet needs: access to quality dementia care, policies that are friendlier to unpaid caregivers, and a deeper public investment into disease-modifying treatments. In this webinar, the AFTD advocacy team and experts at the Washington, DC lobbying firm Innovation Policy Solutions will explain how you can advance these and other…
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