A Day in the Garden with Friends

Don’t miss A Day in the Garden with Friends, the Summit League’s biennial fundraising event featuring guest speaker, Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns, co-producer of “Still Alice” and award-winning advocate for Alzheimer’s research, on Thursday, May 30th. A Day in the Garden with Friends will be held in a private estate garden, featuring a strolling luncheon, curated artisans’ marketplace, guest speaker and NBC Bay Area’s Laura Garcia, as master of ceremonies. Proceeds will benefit The Hearts and Minds Activity Center of San Jose.

Ms. Gelfand Stearns, a former Universal Studios executive and co-producer of “Still Alice,” (the 2014 story of Columbia University professor, Dr. Alice Howland’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, played by Julianne Moore) is a tireless advocate for Alzheimer’s research, chair of the Judy Fund, which has raised more than $8.5 million for Alzheimer’s Disease research and advocacy, and a champion of a recent landmark legislation that will allocate $100 million to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

A Day in the Garden with Friends will be held in a private estate garden, featuring a strolling luncheon, curated artisans’ marketplace, guest speaker and NBC Bay Area’s Laura Garcia, as mistress of ceremonies. Proceeds will benefit The Hearts and Minds Activity Center of San Jose.

Gelfand Stearns, a former Universal Studios executive and co-producer of “Still Alice,” is a tireless advocate for Alzheimer’s research, chair of the Judy Fund, which has raised more than $8.5 million for Alzheimer’s Disease research and advocacy, and a champion of a recent landmark legislation that will allocate $100 million to fight Alzheimer’s disease.