Community Organizations Awardee
- lrmartin0
- Oct 3
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 6
Over the last couple of years, we have worked very closely with the following local organizations to deliver education programs, provide support groups, and recruit volunteers in areas where the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter has been focusing additional efforts. Working with the organizations has been an honor, and we are grateful for the opportunity to support them in this new channel.
LA Cares is a small organization that serves a Spanish-speaking population and also recently received nonprofit status. The Latino Alzheimer’s Coalition for Advocacy, Research and Education (LA CARE) is a group of academic and community partners dedicated to empowering individuals with or at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and their families to obtain greater access to education, family support services, and research opportunities.
We have been blessed to work with the LA Cares leadership on our Illinois Brain Health Project, our Latino Conference - Bringing the Light, the Board’s Research Committee, and have had the pleasure to be connected to their partnering groups LA BROCHA, an initiative for arts-based programming for seniors, and Somos Ancla, which has now become an Alzheimer’s Association support group hosted in Spanish. Contact: Perla Castro (perla@communicaglobal.com), Judy Rocha (jsrocha5@neiu.edu), and David Marquez (marquezd@uic.edu)
The Center on Halsted is the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of Chicagoland. More than 1,000 community members visit the Center every day.
The Center on Halsted has hosted Alzheimer’s Association Education programs annually and provides critical services to the senior community. Contact: Britta Larson (blarson@centeronhalsted.org)
CASL supports individual and family wellness through a variety of critical programs, services, and resources for adults that strengthen the entire community by enhancing the security and stability of our community members.
Recently, CASL has spearheaded a search for Mandarin-speaking individuals who can be trained on the Alzheimer’s Association education programs to provide education to their community members. They are also working to establish Chinatown in Chicago as a dementia-friendly neighborhood. Contact: Winnie Lam (winnie.lam@casl.org) and Ruby Tan (jinxiao.tan@casl.org)
The Center for Better Aging empowers individuals over 50 to age with confidence and independence. Their health care and professional medical team delivers premier whole-person healthcare across our hospital campus, at home, and throughout the community. They are located on Chicago’s South Side, serving community members in the surrounding area.
The Center has supported the Release the Silence conference as a sponsor, and our contact joined the Planning Committee to help provide guidance and insight throughout the planning process. They also host our Mobile Care Consultant and provide a wide variety of education programs to their community members. They have also connected the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter with additional partners for collaboration, including the Kelly Branch Public Library. Contact: Penny Hill (Penny.Hill@centerforbetteraging.org)
Community Health is a free clinic with locations on the West and South sides. CommunityHealth is one of the largest volunteer-based health centers in the nation. We provide primary and specialty care, medications, lab testing, mental health services, and health education at no charge to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured adults in Chicago. The majority of the population they serve are Black and African Americans, Hispanic/Latino, and Polish-speaking communities.
We have conducted several programs in partnership with the organization in English and in Spanish with our Mobile Care Consultant, and have been grateful for this partnership.
Contact: Stephanie Willding (swillding@communityhealth.org)
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