WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following was released by the U.S. Postal Service:
What: First-day-of-issue stamp dedication ceremony for the Alzheimer’s Awareness 42-cent social awareness first-class stamp during the dedication of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute’s http://www.brni.org/ new research facility.
Who: West Virginia Senator John D. Rockefeller IV
U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman Carolyn Lewis Gallagher
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Board Chairman Ralph J. Bean, Jr.
West Virginia University Interim President Dr. C. Peter Magrath When: 10 a.m. (ET) Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 Where: Front Lawn Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute 1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown, WV 26505
Background: Every 71 seconds, someone in American develops Alzheimer’s disease. For these individuals and their families, the significance of this moment cannot be underestimated as it marks the beginning of a devastating descent into memory loss. The Postal Service is issuing the Alzheimer’s Awareness stamp to raise awareness of issues surrounding this dreadful disease and to draw attention to the importance of the caregiver. For the person with Alzheimer’s, interaction with the caregiver means everything.
Since the mid 1950s, the Postal Service has released a variety of social awareness stamp on important issues such as Sickle Cell disease, Mentoring, Organ and Tissue Donation, Adoption, Amber Alert and Jury Duty.
The stamp ceremony takes place during the dedication of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute’s (http://www.brni.org/) new $30 million research facility. In 1999, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and his family established the Institute on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. It is the only non-profit, independent Institute in the world exclusively dedicated to the study of human memory and memory disorders. Its mission is to expand and advance the scientific research of memory and memory disorders for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The Institute strives to move basic research out of the laboratory and into the hands of physicians and patients through innovative partnerships and new business models.
Admission is free and open to the public.
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CONTACT: David Walton, (O) +1-502-454-1695, (C) +1-502-468-9859,[email protected] , or Mark Saunders, (O) +1-202-268-6524, (C)+1-202-320-0782, [email protected], both of USPS; or Amy Goodwin ofBRNI, (O) +1-304-549-2814, [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.brni.org/
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