by admin | Aug 25, 2014 | ASEB news
Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 90,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest...
by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | ASEB news, Top News
Episode 13–Season 2 Global Aging: The Next Big Investment Opportunity? July 24, 2014 5 pm Discover Lifestyle Internet Radio with Life is a Sacred Journey on BlogTalkRadio The consumer marketplace has been overwhelmingly youth-obsessed for decades, but this is about to...
by admin | Jul 10, 2014 | ASEB news, Special story, Top News
ASEB’s talk radio program, Life is a Sacred Journey was just given honorable mention for “Best Blog” in PR Daily’s 2014 Nonprofit PR Awards. Life is a Sacred Journey is featured on BlogTalkRadio.com. The program began last fall as a collaboration between the show’s...
by admin | May 13, 2014 | ASEB news
2014 Event Spotlights ASEB’s Future ASEB held its annual fundraiser Art from the Heart on May 3, 2014 at the Claremont Country Club. Last year, ASEB celebrated by looking back at 25 years of “The Magic of ASEB.” This year, the focus was squarely on the future. 103.7...
by admin | Apr 17, 2014 | ASEB news
New memory care center scheduled to open this fall A groundbreaking ceremony for ASEB’s new Fremont site was held at the campus of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. The ceremony, held March 19, included representatives of ASEB, the Dominican Sisters,...
by admin | Mar 24, 2014 | ASEB news
Sharon Wright is on ASEB’s Board of Directors. Read her full bio here. I don’t get to Sacramento frequently enough to enjoy the swirl of birds over the wetlands on the drive up or the beautiful buildings in our capitol, but on March 4th, I had such a chance to...
by admin | Mar 3, 2014 | ASEB news
Actor Seth Rogen made a great contribution to the field of Alzheimer’s advocacy simply by testifying before Congress about the effects of memory loss on individuals and those who love them. Take a look at the video above.
by admin | Feb 11, 2014 | ASEB news
Lance Reynolds is ASEB’s Board President and a volunteer in our Berkeley program every Wednesday. You can read his full bio here. The Monuments Men opened in theaters on February 7. While you won’t get to see Bernard Taper, the last living “Momuments...
by admin | Feb 4, 2014 | ASEB news
Beginning in February 2014, ASEB begins a new ad campaign on Clear Channel’s terrestrial and internet radio. From 6am to 7pm, ASEB will be featured in 30 & 60 second spots on 103.7 FM, 910 AM, as well as the 103.7 & 910 stations on iHeartradio (www.iheart.com)...
by admin | Feb 4, 2014 | ASEB news, Top News
ASEB (Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay) has just released a new book commemorating 25 years of service to the East Bay community. Written by ASEB CEO Micheal Pope and author Leslie Larson, Life Is a Journey We Know by Heart contains stories and photographs...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | ASEB news
Ground has been broken on Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay’s new Fremont site at the campus of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. This will be ASEB’s third site, along with its current Berkeley and Hayward locations. The new Fremont site will be the...
by admin | Nov 25, 2013 | ASEB news
The following letter comes courtesy of caregiver Michaele O’Leary-Reiff, whose husband Allen is a participant at ASEB’s Berkeley Adult Day Health Care Program. “Hello, I must be going…” read the note addressed to me and taped to the door of office #912 of the...
by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | ASEB news
Beginning October 28, 2013, ASEB begins a new ad campaign on Clear Channel’s terrestrial and internet radio. From 6am to 7pm, ASEB will be featured in 30 second spots on 103.7 FM as well as the 103.7 station on iHeartradio (www.iheart.com) during the month of...
by admin | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog
This month’s blog comes courtesy of ASEB’s Board President Lance Reynolds, who shares a lesson that he recently had to learn the hard way: I had a fall while on vacation that had me wheelchair bound for a week and now hopping around on crutches. It has been a powerful...
by admin | Sep 30, 2013 | ASEB news
Tune in to ‘Life is a Sacred Journey’ on October 3, 2013 Thursday at 05:00 pm. Micheal Pope’s guest will be Assemblymember Nancy Skinner. Nancy Skinner, who was elected to the Assembly in 2008, represents The 15 Assembly District incorporating the East Bay...
by admin | Sep 12, 2013 | ASEB news
Join us! Tune in to ‘Life is a Sacred Journey’ next Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 05:00 pm. Micheal Pope’s guests will be Sheri Hartman and Lauren Eppinger, who will be discussing their new roles as navigators for ASEB’s Family Support Program....
by admin | Aug 30, 2013 | ASEB news
It’s back, but this important tax-free gift is set to expire at year’s end. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 renews legislation to allow individuals age 70 & 1/2 or older to distribute an amount up to $100,000 from their IRA to an approved...
by admin | Aug 21, 2013 | ASEB news
ASEB’s Executive Director Micheal Pope embarks on a new journey with her new talk radio program. Her series, “Life is a Sacred Journey,” premiered August 8 on Blog Talk Radio. The show features discussions on a variety of topics, including aging,...
by admin | Aug 6, 2013 | ASEB news
The following is an update from Ken Karasinski on a bus donated by ASEB to the Children of the Hogar Guirola orphanage in El Salvador. “I want to report that the progress in delivering our wheelchair accessible bus that is being donated to the Children of the...
by admin | Jun 13, 2013 | ASEB news
Dear friends and supporters of ASEB, Thank you so much for joining us at the Claremont Country Club for our 25th Anniversary Celebration on May 4th. “The Magic of ASEB” truly lived up to its name, and you were a large part of the reason. We had a capacity crowd who...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Blog
Last time around, you heard from one of our four international interns, Burcu Kilinc. This month, we give the spotlight to Fred Verbogen, who is also part of the Collabriv internship program. Fred shares some of the highlights from our 25th Anniversary Fundraiser....
by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | ASEB news
Frances Kakugawa, keynote speaker for ASEB’s 25th Anniversary “The Magic of ASEB” fundraising gala, was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. She taught for many years in the Michigan and Hawaii public school systems, conducted language arts workshops for...
by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Blog
This month I’m delighted to turn my blog over to my first guest blogger Burcu Kilinc, who is one of our Collabriv interns. Part of our vision here at ASEB is to expand our mission beyond the region and into the international sphere. Our partnership with Collabriv, an...
by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | ASEB news
Lunch is Served! Thanks to your generosity, ASEB was able to purchase this new buffet cart for its Berkeley site! Social Worker Geri Degen says the new cart creates a more formal and enjoyable lunch experience for the participants. “It’s more calm and pleasant at...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | ASEB news
ASEB’s team of international interns just landed in the Bay Area, ready to begin a six-month practical training program that will prepare them to be leaders in global collaboration. Executive Director of ASEB, Micheal Pope, will mentor the four interns in management,...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | ASEB news
Reconditioned ASEB bus with its new logo, ready to begin its journey to the Adalberto Guirola Children’s Home in El Salvador. Last month we let you know about the bus that ASEB donated to the Adalberto Guirola Children’s Home, an orphanage for disabled children in El...
by admin | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog
First of all, please save the date. Our 25th anniversary celebration and Art from the Heart Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, May 4th. We have a wonderful new venue, fabulous food, entertainment, and keynote speaker Frances H. Kakugawa, who is a poet, writer, and...
by admin | Feb 5, 2013 | ASEB news
A Note from Executive Director Micheal Pope about hosting ASEB international interns: Dear Friends, I am writing on behalf of our friend Dwight Wilson. Dwight is an entrepreneur, former Peace Corps volunteer and the CEO of Collabriv, a San Francisco company that...
by admin | Jan 22, 2013 | Charity, Education, Research, Schools
The goal of the Vītols Fund is to provide scholarships for capable, dedicated young people from low-income families for studies in the universities of Latvia. The situation in the Latvian rural schools helped the founders of the foundation define the goal to which the...
by admin | Jan 21, 2013 | Charity, Environment
Pet food – the shelter requires several tens of kilos of food every day. Vaccines, medicine and veterinary care – all animals in the shelter are medically examined, vaccinated and sterilised. Quite often the animals found are so weak that they require special care or...
