A Wild Ice House Party Helps Save Minds: Fighting Alzheimer’s Disease Takes a Village

BY Sara Habbas // Sep 25, 2017

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Guests enjoy the Brews, Bites, & Brain Research event at the Katy Trail Ice House.

Cassie MacGregor, Joan Doering, Hazel Clendening

Cindy Lefferts, Deirdre Robinson, Rosa Langley

Kimber Hartmann, Breann Young, Susan Watkins

Kristy Shagets, Ashley Shagets, Christine Benham

Paul DeFilippo, Nicole Jacobson, Anne DeFilippo

Rocky Chesnutt, Barbara Buzzell, Antonio Navarte

Stephanie Vosper, Laura Sullivan, Jhubin Moghaddamfar

Ashley Alexander, Ned Smith

What: Aging Mind Foundation‘s Brews, Bites, & Brain Research event

Where: Katy Trail Ice House

PC Moment: Fall is in full swing. Barbecue, beer, and cocktails recently drew numerous guests to the Ice House, where they celebrated the Aging Mind Foundation’s mission to fund research for Alzheimer’s and dementia.

To date, the Aging Mind Foundation — a nonprofit founded in 2013 by Laree Hulshoff and Bill Booziotis — has raised more than $1.2 million to fund brain research in North Texas. Hulshoff and Booziotis both watched close friends suffer through and ultimately pass away from the cruel effects of Alzheimer’s disease — and they decided they needed to do something about it. Now, the Aging Mind Foundation stands at the forefront of the fight.

Who: Co-chairs Ashley Tatum and Carey Moen, Katy Trail Ice House owner Buddy Cramer, AMF co-founder Laree Hulshoff, Shelle Sills, Michael Tregoning, Jo Marie Lilly, Greg and Carolyn Creed, Barbara Bigham, Elise and Daren Martin, Vivian Lombardi, Holly Forsythe, and Jenna Alexander.