Thank you Los Angeles Daily News for highlighting our local growers and all of our wonderful shoppers who support our community Encino Farmers Market every Sunday! In addition to the amazing fresh food and local vendors, our market offers COVID Vaccines, monthly American Red Cross Los Angeles Region Blood Drives, and an EBT Match program. Located at 17400 Victory Blvd between Balboa and White Oak with plenty of free parking.

New research at Johns Hopkins University draws strong correlation between hypertension and Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers’ have known about the link between blood pressure and Alzheimer’s for years. In 2013, investigators showed that older people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, were more likely to have biomarkers of Alzheimer’s in their spinal fluid. Even slightly elevated blood pressure in middle age has been linked to a 30% higher risk of dementia two decades later (Harvard Medical School).

Another study found that the more blood pressure varied over an eight-year period, the greater the risk of dementia. According to the study, the direct connection is that high blood pressure can damage small blood vessels in the brain, affecting parts of the brain responsible for thinking and memory. Each incident of damage – which is actually a tiny stroke – affects such a small area of the brain that you may not notice any symptoms until a substantial amount of tissue has been destroyed. This condition, known as a vascular dementia, is a well-recognized cause of memory loss in older people (Harvard Medical School).

In the United States it is thought that one person develops Alzheimer’s Disease every 66 seconds, and that the disease can start 15-20 years before diagnosis – as early as the age of 30 for those at high risk. According to the Alzheimer’s Foundation, controlling blood pressure can lower the risk of dementia and slow its progression in people who already have it.

Here are steps you can take to lower your blood pressure, and your risk of dementia:

-         Reduce sodium in your diet

-         Shed extra weight

-         Check blood pressure at home

Information above sourced from Johns Hopkins Medicine. Click here to read more.

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Thank you to the Grocery Outlet in Winnetka (Corbin/Sherman Way) for their July giving campaign supporting ONEgeneration! We appreciate this local market supporting our food pantry and senior meal programs. Thank you as well to all the Grocery Outlet shoppers who donated during this campaign and who stopped by our table last month to learn about not only our food pantry services but also our LADWP, SoCalGas, Vaccine and Housing programs.

Thank you to all our amazing and dedicated interns passionate about helping older adults! We are fortunate to have had West Coast University Nursing Interns supporting our programs, vaccine days and COVID relief efforts throughout the pandemic. In addition to helping our staff, seniors enjoy connecting to this younger generation.

Thank you to all of our ONEgeneration volunteers who came out early on a Saturday morning last month to help with our quarterly ONEgeneration Senior Enrichment Center Rummage Sale. Photo (left): National Charity League San Fernando Valley Chapter. Next Rummage Sale Saturday, Sept 11th 9am to 12pm

Thank you to ONEgeneration's community partner Anthem Medicare for sponsoring a weekly food bank in July. We truly appreciate their ongoing dedication to our senior community during this past year sponsoring our food banks and our "pop-up" vaccine clinics.

ONEgeneration is grateful to one of our July food bank sponsors; Humana. Our sponsors help with the costs of supplies needed to run our weekly food banks which help hundreds of households. If you would like to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, email event@onegeneration.org.

To make them last why not freeze some or better still make a delicious jam. Generally the fruits with higher acidity work better for jam. Look for the fruit with a lot of sweetness and flavor and it should have high aromatics. Also grapes are in abundance at the market and also make a tasty jam.

We would like to welcome a new farmer (vintner) from St Helena CA. Dancing Crow Vineyards. They have five verities of wine. Their Rose is a gold medal winner and they offer free samples.

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Join our community partner, Regal Medical Group for free online fitness, yoga, and health education classes to stay active and on top of your health, even from your living room. Follow the link above to access new classes released every week.

If you do not have your LA County Library Card yet, you can sign up on line for a temporary 90 day digital card. Many virtual services available including free movies & TV shows streaming through Kanopy & Hoopla. Sign up for a digital library card today.

Did you know that you can connect the generations in your life through StoryCorps Connect? Click on the link below to see how you can virtually interview a loved one through this program and have the interview archived as part of the StoryCorp collection

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Your support is greatly needed and appreciated at this crucial time.

To learn more please email Sue Sexton at development@onegeneration.org

Please consider the Seniors, Children & Families by remembering ONEgeneration in your estate plans. To learn about the possibilities please contact Sue Sexton at 818-708-4756 or email development@onegeneration.org

Register ONEgeneration as your Ralphs Reward Card's designated nonprofit and we will earn donation funds each time you shop at Ralphs. Register online at www.ralphs.com or by calling 800-443-4438.

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