More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer鈥檚 and someone develops the brain disease every 67 seconds in the United States alone. Cascade Cart Solutions, a division of Cascade Engineering, is joining the fight with the launch of its purple Alzheimer鈥檚 Cart. Proceeds from the sale of each first-of-its-kind purple cart and bin will be donated to the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association.听Recently debuted to thousands of municipalities at SWANA鈥檚 2014 WASTECON conference in Dallas, TX, the Alzheimer鈥檚 Carts are gaining interest across the nation.听Available to communities nationwide, the purple, curbside recycling bins and roll-out carts feature the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association logo and web address. The cart lids also include a permanent in-mold label with the Association鈥檚 鈥楰now the 10 Signs庐鈥� informational piece to help create awareness for the disease. Cascade has partnered with the national Alzheimer鈥檚 Association to ensure that $5 from the sale of every purple cart and $1 from the sale of each bin will be donated to the local Alzheimer鈥檚 Association where the product was purchased. 鈥淲e are honored to support the wonderful work of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association with our Alzheimer鈥檚 Cart initiative,鈥� said Mark Miller, President and CEO of Cascade Engineering. 鈥淲e take for granted our ability to think, memorize, and behave. Alzheimer鈥檚 takes away these basic abilities. We all know someone who has Alzheimer鈥檚 and watch helplessly as this disease takes its toll on friends and families.鈥�
The Alzheimer’s Association projects that by 2050, an estimated 16 million Americans will have the disease, with a new case diagnosed every 33 seconds and costing $1.2 trillion a year, making Alzheimer’s the most expensive health crisis to ever face the nation. This means now, more than ever, funding research and support of the Association鈥檚 mission is critical for a disease that currently can鈥檛 be prevented, cured, or even slowed.听鈥淐ascade Cart Solutions has been active in curbing cancer since we unveiled The Pink Cart for Breast Cancer in 2010,鈥� said Jo-Anne Perkins, Vice President and General Manager of Cascade鈥檚 cart division. 鈥淎lzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and it鈥檚 important to the entire company to partner with municipalities and the communities they serve to help raise awareness and funds for this devastating disease. We鈥檙e thrilled to unveil our Alzheimer鈥檚 Cart and to begin offering it to cities and haulers across the country.鈥�
鈥淭he Alzheimer鈥檚 Association appreciates the commitment of Cascade Cart Solutions to both raise awareness and funds for our mission,鈥� said Angela Geiger, chief strategy officer, Alzheimer鈥檚 Association. 鈥淲e know that families in neighborhoods nationwide are facing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and need resources. The opportunity to share Alzheimer鈥檚 Association information with families and support critically needed research is important for the 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer鈥檚 and their 15 million caregivers.鈥�
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