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- [S106] The Mountain Press, 4 Sep 2010.
Student works to crush Alzheimer’s
Seymour Middle School student Lindsay White is a friendly, energetic 11-year-old who loves to talk about her Boston Terrier named “Hannah Banana,” pop singer Justin Beiber and her new iPod.
But she’s not just any typical preteen: Lindsay has already raised $1,200 for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk, which is set for Oct. 16 at Pigeon Forge High School.
“My aunt works at Walgreens in Pigeon Forge, and they’re one of the teams for the Memory Walk,” Lindsay explained. “She asked me if I would help.”
“She got slightly involved last year, but it really boomed this year,” her father, Steve, added.
Lindsay has been collecting aluminum cans since early June, recruiting family and friends to save their old cans for her for money to benefit the Memory Walk.
She even talked her uncle, Farris White, to donate an old car of his that doesn’t run and would be too expensive to repair. Lindsay and her father will take it to the scrap yard to be crushed, with the money benefiting Alzheimer’s research.
Lindsay’s father has also helped her collect scrap metal that people have and don’t need. Her mother, Janice, has joined in the cause as well, helping Lindsay create notebooks with decorative covers supporting Alzheimer’s awareness and selling them for $5. So far, they’ve sold 200 of the notebooks, which are available at the Walgreens in Pigeon Forge and at Your Scrapbook Superstore in Sevierville’s Governor’s Crossing.
“We belong to Oak City Baptist Church (in Seymour), and they’ve been wonderful about bringing in cans,” Janice said. “A few people there have had scrap iron, too. They think it’s wonderful that she’s raised all of this money.”
“One of my friends’ mom said that they usually drink out of bottles, but that they would start drinking out of cans so they could save them for me,” Lindsay added.
Since the family has become involved in raising money for the Alzheimer’s Association, they have found that several relatives had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
“I have a science project coming up, and my mom thinks I should do it on Alzheimer’s,” Lindsay said.
Lindsay’s favorite subject in school is social studies, and she especially likes to learn about the Titanic (she’s been to Pigeon Forge’s new museum “about six times.”)
She also enjoys scrapbooking; taking ballet, tap and jazz dance lessons; and reading — she’s just started reading the “Twilight” series.
She hopes to become a veterinarian one day, but for now she’s busy with fundraising — and hoping she’ll have enough of her own money to purchase a “sparkly purple” iPod case, which she’ll sport at the Memory Walk next month.
“She has put quite a bit of her own money into the Memory Walk,” Janice said. “She’s got a big heart.”
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- [S106] The Mountain Press, 21 Sep 2012.
A teenager and her cause: Seymour's Lindsay White does her part to help find Alzheimer's cure
by STAN VOIT
PIGEON FORGE — When she was 9 years old and watching her great-aunt suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Lindsay White knew she had to do something — her part — to find a cure.
She's 13 now, a student at Seymour Middle School, and just as committed to the cause as ever. While thousands walked and drove the Parkway during the car show on Saturday, she, her mother and Walgreens employees were inside the Pigeon Forge drug store selling all manner of baked goods.
Walgreens is a partner in the Alzheimer's Association's efforts to raise money, and willingly gave up a spot in the store on a busy Saturday to Lindsay and her mom.
"I really care about this," the teenager said. "My friends do too."
Pharmacist Kimberly Richardson was among those who took a turn at the table to sell baked goods to customers. The store has a team entered in next month's Alzheimer's Walk.
"The team raises money all year," Richardson said. "We keep cans by the cash register for customers to donate."
The store gets support from manager Patrick Baker and fellow pharmacist Janet O'Shea, among others.
Lindsay and her mom make a lot of the goodies for sale, but also get a good amount donated from friends and family as well as Walgreens employees.
"I don't mind at all working on Saturday for this," Lindsay said. "It makes me feel good to be helping some."
In addition to the bake sale, Lindsay also collects drink bottles and cans for recycling and uses that money for the cause. One year her uncle donated an old vehicle that could be scrapped for cash.
"This disease affects so many," Janice White said. "Everyone has someone they know or someone in their family who is affected."
Lindsay's goal on Saturday was $250. Come Monday she was already thinking of new ways to raise money.
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 5 Jun 2015.
James "Jake" White, Jr. obituary
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