Nurse at Einstein Montgomery organizing team for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in honor family member

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Nick Russo, front, with parents Mark, Sr. and Sandy Russo. Standing, left to right, are Nick Russo's brother Mark Jr., sister-in-law Natalie and brother Dan Russo. (Photo courtesy of Nick Russo)

The number say a lot, but not all. The numbers tell the facts of this disease, but not the impact on families this disease has.

Of the top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. Alzheimer’s is the only disease that can’t be prevented, cured or slowed.

But that alarming fact, according to act.alz.org, will not begin to deter Nick Russo and hundreds more from participating in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Nov. 10. For the past three years the Philadelphia Walk to End Alzheimer’s has been the nation’s top fundraising walk, and Russo is excited to be organizing his team, the Ragin’ Russo’s, for its first venture around Citizens Bank Park, writes Gary Puleo in The Times Herald.

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As Russo, an East Norriton resident and a nurse at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, explains on his team website www.act.alz.org/goto/TheRaginRussos: “Alzheimer’s disease is relentless. So are we. Join our team for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. My father, Mark Russo Sr., has been battling Alzheimer’s for the past few years. As a fun loving and endlessly joking man, it has been difficult to watch as he has progressively had a harder time completing simple tasks without assistance. With the support of our amazing family, we have been able to stick together and push through the everyday struggles accompanied by this disease. We are participating in this walk in hopes that one day soon, no one will have to battle such a debilitating disease.”

With a goal of raising $20,000, the Ragin’ Russo’s are a little more than halfway there.

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