Triangle Aphasia Project Unlimited

Strides for Speech registrations are open! Registration for the 5K is just $25 until the end of this month. Sign up now and save your spot! https://runsignup.com/Race/Register?raceId=128453&rsus=500-400-b27cd571-4d5c-422e-99a3-b9f3c535b8c2

Reminder - RSVP to [email protected] to receive the video link this Wednesday!

See the information below about an upcoming talk from the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina!

Last chance to get your raffle tickets! Every ticket purchase supports our mission. ❤️ We’ll be drawing random winners tonight, but you don’t need to be at the gala to win! Get your raffle tickets here before 8:30pm: https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001rn8BSAAY/events/vevt:ebc18d22-0321-4dfb-bab4-079bd28952d1/shop/raffle?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaz7BgQgyYDWjKsIM-syjeVWHF4lMorc_y_8PFxH7YO7h1OusSaTO8e8-k_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Don't forget about the National Aphasia's movie nights for Aphasia Awareness Month!

**Share this post!** Our bourbon raffle and 50/50 raffle are a great way to support our mission without needing to attend the gala. These raffles will close on Friday night, so buy your tickets now! All funds raised go straight to the work of the Triangle Aphasia Project bringing communication, confidence, and connection to North Carolina's aphasia community. ❤️

https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001rn8BSAAY/events/vevt:ebc18d22-0321-4dfb-bab4-079bd28952d1/shop/raffle

Are you free next Friday night? Not anymore! Just 20 tickets remain for our Signature Speakeasy, so snag yours now. We can't wait for dinner, drinks, awards and a live auction!
https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001rn8BSAAY/events/vevt:ebc18d22-0321-4dfb-bab4-079bd28952d1/home/story

See the information below about an upcoming talk from the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina!

One of our live auction items at this year's gala is this stunning Currey & Company lantern, which was generously donated. If this lantern would complete your home, make sure you're in the room on June 21st to bid! 💡
https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001rn8BSAAY/events/vevt:ebc18d22-0321-4dfb-bab4-079bd28952d1/auctions/live-auction-preview

Last night we hosted our first Learning to Speak Aphasia LIVE ✨ event. This training was catered to professionals who may work with people with aphasia, so they can be better prepared. Thank you to those in attendance for learning and being advocates. Happy Aphasia Awareness month! 🗣️

June is Aphasia Awareness Month, officially! We encourage you to use this month to educate your friends, family, and colleagues about aphasia. With greater awareness comes a more welcoming world.

Learn more:
aphasiaproject.org
Triangle Aphasia Project
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

What is a ⭐️Family Sponsorship⭐️? Family Sponsorships are a way for our TAP Family to support TAP's Signature Speakeasy at a level that's comfortable to them. You can sponsor at any amount ranging from $100 to $999. These families are dedicated to the well-being of our aphasia community, and make our work possible. We're looking forward to recognizing them at the gala! You can sign up to be a family sponsor here: https://www.aphasiaproject.org/familysponsorship/ or you can email Justine at [email protected] to learn more.

✨ TAP's Signature Speakeasy is our BIGGEST fundraising event of the year! These funds help us pay the talented and compassionate certified speech-pathologists who lead our 31 weekly groups.
📅 Friday, June 21st
📍 Paramount Event Venue, Morrisville
⏰ 6:30 to 9:30 PM
🍽 Dinner from Backyard Bistro and a drink ticket included
🎉 Live auction featuring a chandelier, dance lessons and more
🏆 See the heart-warming presentation of TAP's awards
💃 Dress for the speakeasy theme, or dress for comfort, either way, you are welcome!
Buy your tickets here: https://onecau.se/tapspeakeasy
👏Thank you sponsors....
Creative Eye Design
Dorcas Ministries
T&T Creative Group
The Banks Law Firm, P.A.
UNC Health
TowneBank
High House Billiards
The Parkway Tavern
Raleigh Neurology Associates
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University

TAP's 2024 Signature Speakeasy A link to TAP's 2024 Signature Speakeasy 's event page.

It's time! 🌟 Our bourbon and 50/50 raffles are live! You can purchase tickets throughout the next month. Both raffles will close on the evening of our Signature Speakeasy, but you don't need to be present to win. Good luck!
https://my.onecause.com/event/organizations/sf-0013c00001rn8BSAAY/events/vevt:ebc18d22-0321-4dfb-bab4-079bd28952d1/shop/raffle

We're almost one month away from TAP's Signature Speakeasy, so we want to give a shoutout to our generous sponsors who are committed to improving the lives of people with aphasia. THANK YOU! 👏👏👏
Join them on June 21st at onecau.se/tapspeakeasy

📞 Calling professionals who work with seniors, stroke survivors, brain injury survivors, or other people with aphasia. We're holding an in-person Learning to Speak Aphasia and networking event for professionals on June 6th. Share this with your network, and hopefully, afterward, our community will be a little more aphasia-friendly.

Will you vote for us in Cary Magazine's Maggy Awards? ✨ Click here to vote, and type Triangle Aphasia Project into category #33. http://enews.carymagazine.com/q/oJlC5dLn3FVBa0XNHPy1mz6rH_PCcOqzxmtZcOJanVzdGluZUBhcGhhc2lhcLHJvamVjdC5vcmfDiAH2-OWdhZcJCNltp2XA-hKh9qiA

Reminder - NO Monday groups tomorrow (January 1st) for New Years Day. We look forward to seeing everyone back in groups (virtual & in-person) on Tuesday, January 2nd!

Today's 12 Days of TAP story was written by a caregiver of someone with primary progressive aphasia (PPA):

In the fall of 2020, my spouse, Karen, started to complain about losing words – which we both initially attributed to “aging” coupled with the stress of the first year of the pandemic. But as the months passed, it was clear that something wasn’t quite right. Like many folks before us, we entered what felt like a lengthy phase of medical appointments and testing, only to one day be told that Karen has Primary Progressive Aphasia. Fortunately, before leaving the UNC neurologist’s office that day that we received the diagnosis, she handed us a brochure for TAP and said, “You need to contact this group. They’re great.”

I can’t overstate the importance of the Triangle Aphasia Project. We were able to set up a consultation with Maura Silverman in fairly short order and within a couple of weeks of that meeting we attended – along with a number of good friends – the “Learning to Speak Aphasia” webinar. Maura and the TAP team also provided us with additional information and pointed both of us to helpful resources. We connected with SLP Abbe Simon, who has been working with Karen and me for over a year now. And Abbe then connected me with the TAP Care Partners Group where I’ve received much-needed support as well.

I learned very quickly after Karen’s diagnosis that I was in over my head just trying to understand PPA, let alone how to be a helpful spouse as Karen and I navigate this journey together. I’ve stumbled a lot, but the support of others in the TAP Care Partners Group helps me enormously. I not only learn a lot from others in the group, but I don’t feel so alone. I’m grateful every day for the resources that TAP provides!