新泽西州70处地标亮起青色灯光：为阿尔茨海默病认知月拉开帷幕
新泽西州70处地标于11月2日晚亮起青色灯光，为阿尔茨海默病认知月拉开帷幕。主办方阿尔茨海默病基金会（Alzheimer's Foundation of America）表示，这是该组织年度「让世界亮起青色」（Light the World in Teal）活动的一部分，也是有史以来为单一病因组织的规模最大的亮灯活动。新泽西州的70处地标与全球其他1,680处亮灯点一起，分布在全美50个州和17个国家，共同表达对阿尔茨海默病患者及其家庭的支持。
参与亮灯的新泽西州地标包括锡赛德高地（Seaside Heights）与野木市（Wildwood）的摩天轮、默瑟县特伦顿市州议会大厦的穹顶、大西洋城的赌场、米德兰帕克与伊丽莎白市的市政厅，以及连接卡姆登市与宾夕法尼亚州费城、横跨特拉华河的百年大桥本杰明·富兰克林大桥。青色是阿尔茨海默病基金会的官方颜色，该基金会是位于纽约曼哈顿的一家非营利组织，致力于普及阿尔茨海默病知识并为医学研究筹款。
基金会表示，全美有超过700万人患有阿尔茨海默病，其中新泽西州约有18.5万人，全美患者人数预计在未来35年内翻倍。基金会总裁兼首席执行官小查尔斯·富斯基洛（Charles Fuschillo Jr.）表示，每一处亮灯点都有助于让阿尔茨海默病更受关注，鼓励社会为数百万受影响的家庭提供理解与支持。公众可通过活动官网查询完整的参与地标名单。
（来源：北泽西报）
70 New Jersey Landmarks Light Up Teal to Open Alzheimer's Awareness Month
Seventy landmarks across New Jersey lit up in teal on the night of November 2 to open Alzheimer's Awareness Month. The Alzheimer's Foundation of America said the lighting is part of its annual 'Light the World in Teal' program and the largest illumination event ever organized for a single cause. New Jersey's 70 sites joined 1,680 others worldwide, across all 50 states and 17 countries, in support of people affected by the disease.
Participating New Jersey sites include the Ferris wheels in Seaside Heights and Wildwood, the dome of the State House in Trenton, Mercer County, Atlantic City casinos, municipal halls in Midland Park and Elizabeth, and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, the century-old span linking Camden with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over the Delaware River. Teal is the foundation's official color; the foundation is a Manhattan-based nonprofit that educates the public about Alzheimer's disease and raises money for medical research.
The foundation said more than 7 million people in the United States, including about 185,000 in New Jersey, live with Alzheimer's, and the national figure is projected to double in the next 35 years. Foundation President and CEO Charles Fuschillo Jr. said every site helps make Alzheimer's more visible and encourages understanding and support for the millions of affected families. The full roster of participating sites is available on the program's website.
(Source: NorthJersey.com)
来源：北泽西报
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图片来源：图：连接卡姆登市与费城的本杰明·富兰克林大桥夜景。Jeffrey Phillips Freeman 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Benjamin Franklin Bridge linking Camden and Philadelphia at night. By Jeffrey Phillips Freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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