Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk Features Nintendo's Brain Games
Newswire Services
November 04, 2007
WHAT: In the spirit of keeping the mind active at all ages and helping
to support the Alzheimer's Association efforts to promote brain
health, Nintendo and its latest "brain training" software will
sponsor the Alzheimer's Association's 2007 Downtown Los Angeles
Memory Walk. Nintendo product experts will be on hand to engage
attendees in the more than 15 fun, mentally stimulating
activities offered in Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a
Day and the fun visual exercises in Flash Focus: Vision Training
in Minutes a Day, both playable on the portable, easy-to-use
Nintendo DS(TM) video game system.
The Downtown Los Angeles Memory Walk benefits the Alzheimer's
Association and is part of the nation's largest event to raise
awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research.
More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the event, which
will include a two-mile fundraising walk and offer music, food,
family entertainment and other festivities.
WHO: Attendees of the Alzheimer's Association's 2007 Downtown Los
Angeles Memory Walk, including walk participants, celebrities,
elected officials, caregivers and families.
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4
Registration: 7 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies: 8:30 a.m.
Memory Walk: 9 a.m. - Noon
WHERE: The Watercourt at California Plaza
350 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://www.alzla.org/mw
NEWS/VISUALS:
The young and the young-at-heart challenging themselves with fun
mental tests in Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
Walkers/fundraisers testing their vision with playful Flash Focus
exercises
Celebrities playing Brain Age 2 and Flash Focus
Intergenerational game play between families, grandparents and
grandkids
Nintendo product experts demonstrating Brain Age 2 and Flash Focus on
Nintendo DS
to support the Alzheimer's Association efforts to promote brain
health, Nintendo and its latest "brain training" software will
sponsor the Alzheimer's Association's 2007 Downtown Los Angeles
Memory Walk. Nintendo product experts will be on hand to engage
attendees in the more than 15 fun, mentally stimulating
activities offered in Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a
Day and the fun visual exercises in Flash Focus: Vision Training
in Minutes a Day, both playable on the portable, easy-to-use
Nintendo DS(TM) video game system.
The Downtown Los Angeles Memory Walk benefits the Alzheimer's
Association and is part of the nation's largest event to raise
awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research.
More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the event, which
will include a two-mile fundraising walk and offer music, food,
family entertainment and other festivities.
WHO: Attendees of the Alzheimer's Association's 2007 Downtown Los
Angeles Memory Walk, including walk participants, celebrities,
elected officials, caregivers and families.
WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4
Registration: 7 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies: 8:30 a.m.
Memory Walk: 9 a.m. - Noon
WHERE: The Watercourt at California Plaza
350 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://www.alzla.org/mw
NEWS/VISUALS:
The young and the young-at-heart challenging themselves with fun
mental tests in Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
Walkers/fundraisers testing their vision with playful Flash Focus
exercises
Celebrities playing Brain Age 2 and Flash Focus
Intergenerational game play between families, grandparents and
grandkids
Nintendo product experts demonstrating Brain Age 2 and Flash Focus on
Nintendo DS