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The Laona M. Kitchen (LMK) Foundation Partners with WellStar
(LMK) Foundation and WellStar Foundation to provide assistance to caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's and other dementias

The Laona M. Kitchen (LMK) Foundation has partnered with the WellStar Foundation to provide assistance to caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's and other dementias. The LMK Foundation was founded by Gary Kitchen in 2012 to honor his mother Laona Kitchen, who battled Alzheimer's disease. Gary and members of LMK Foundation recently presented a $100,000 check to the WellStar Foundation to begin the program.
Pictured (L-R): Jona Payne, LMK Foundation board member; Casey Smith, LMK Foundation board member; Neeli Shaw, LMK Foundation; Jason Kitchen, LMK Foundation; Melinda Pittman, LMK Foundation; Gary Kitchen, LMK Foundation founder & president; Lisa Mello, WellStar Foundation director of strategic giving; Kamela Sooknanan, WellStar Health System assistant vice president of population health & clinical integration; April Stutler, WellStar Health System manager of population health management