Vote Turgeon in Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge
1/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Coach Mark Turgeon needs your votes to win $100,000 for the Alzheimer's Association –the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
Turgeon is one of 47 coaches competing in the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge. For 10 weeks, the nation's top coaches will be counting on fans to vote for their favorite charity. The coaches receiving the most votes gain a spot in the finals, with the winning coach receiving $100,000 toward his charity.
Turgeon has a personal connection with Alzheimer's as his wife, Ann, lost her father, Jon Fowler, to Alzheimer's in June of 2006 at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with the disease six years prior.
Alzheimer's is a disease that attacks the brain and is the most common form of dementia. More than five million Americans are living with the disease and every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's. In 2013, 15.5 million caregivers provided an estimated 17.7 billion hours of unpaid care valued at more than $220 billion for Alzheimer's disease, which is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
Click on to this link to show your support. Voting for Round One ends on Sunday, January 25 with only 24 coaches moving on to Round Two.
