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Hope Happens
 Their mission is to improve the lives of people with neurodegenerative disorders by promoting collaborative, translational research with the potential to fast-track new cures.
The focus is on a small family of neurological disorders, including ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic spinal cord and brain injury and stroke.
Hope Happens was founded in 2002 as ALS HOPE by Christopher Hobler and his family after he was diagnosed with ALS in 2001.
In November of 2004, Hope Happens partnered with Washington University to launch the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders at Washington University in St. Louis, a research center dedicated to speeding the process of translating basic scientific discoveries into therapies and cures.
See how Anne helped raise $160,000 for this very important cause at the Sheldon in St.Louis, Missouri.
The Regulars
Enzo Simone formed an international team of strong willed, adventurous, and altruistic individuals named "The Regulars" to find a cure for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease by climbing 10 of the most treacherous mountains in the world in 10 years.
"The Regulars" an international team of climbers has begun to mount what may very well become the grandest, most physically demanding, and exciting campaign to raise awareness and funds needed to help find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
In 2006 "the Regulars" began their epic on Mont Blanc (France) the highest peak in continental Europe. Collectively their route around the globe from Mont Blanc to Everest 2015 will be named "A Trail called Hope".
Each year the expeditions will be attempted in honor of the collective 30 million family’s world wide who have been directly impacted by these diseases, the care givers who ease the struggle of those affected, and the scientists who diligently battle to find a cure. A victory in reaching these summits is symbolic of overcoming the many challenging milestones in medical research and funding needed to find the cause and a cure for Alzheimer's Disease & Parkinson’s Disease.
 The Teak Fellowship
The TEAK Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges. Along with academic support, TEAK provides leadership training, exposure to the arts and outdoors, mentoring, career experience, and assistance with the high school and college application processes.
Recently, Anne helped raise $1 million dollars at their 10th anniversary celebration at New York City’s Chelsea Piers. She also taught and demonstrated violin playing to the Teak Fellowship scholars. View Teak 10th Anniversary PDF.
World Trade Center Memorial Site
 The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) administered the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. Through this competition, the jury selected a design for a single memorial that remembers and honors all loss of life on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993. The LMDC received an enormous outpouring of ideas from across the globe with 13,683 registrants and 5,201 Memorial submissions from 63 nations. Michael Arad, the architect with the winning design, used Anne’s music to pair Reflecting Absence with.
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