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June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month! Did you know music protects brain health as we age? Playing or listening to music engages memory, emotion, and movement all at once, strengthening connections and even helping the brain heal and adapt after injury. Music is a full-brain workout! It boosts learning and triggers dopamine and serotonin -- the stuff that makes us feel good. It reduces stress and restores balance! Listening to music, playing music, sharing music...it's SO good for us.

In honor of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, we created two special shirts to spread the message about the importance of brain health and to help support three great organizations committed to education about Alzheimer's and Brain Health.

Pick up one of our Brain Health and Dementia Awareness T-shirts in-store at Amoeba Hollywood or online -- all proceeds benefit Lorenzo's House, Alzheimer's Los Angeles and HFC!

Lorenzo's House is a virtual, global organization that empowers sons, daughters, children and families affected by younger-onset dementia (YOD) through healing in community, advocating for dementia justice and educating for a YOD informed society.

Alzheimer's Los Angeles has a mission to improve the lives of families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia by increasing awareness, delivering effective programs and services, providing compassionate support, and advocating for quality care and a cure.

Hilarity for Charity (HFC) is a national non-profit on a mission to care for families impacted by Alzheimer's disease, activate the next generation of Alzheimer's advocates, and be a leader in brain health research and education.

Music Boosts Focus & Learning

Your brain loves a good playlist. Familiar music helps sharpen attention and learning, making it easier to absorb and retain new information.

Music Supports Emotional Well-Being

Music makes us feel good for a reason. It triggers dopamine and serotonin, the brain's feel-good chemicals, while calming tunes can help reduce stress and restore balance when life gets loud.

Music Protects Brain Health As You Age

Music doesn't just move you, it protects you. By engaging memory, emotion, and movement, music helps build cognitive reserve, the brain's built-in backup system, supporting resilience and healthy aging.

Music feeds your brain in so many ways! Make a statement and help remind us all how important music is to our emotional and physical health. Help support Alzheimer's organizations with your purchase of one of our awesome Brain Health shirts!

Colorful Music Notes Brain Health Shirt (Avail S-XL)         Music Feeds Your Brain Shirt (Avail S-XXL)

You probably know that Alzheimer's awareness has long been an important cause to us. Many of our staff have been directly impacted by Alzheimer's, including a very dear member of our Amoeba family, Ilene Barg. In honor and memory of Ilene and all the brave people who have walked with Alzheimer's and Dementia, we continue to spread the word about brain health, talk about the importance of music to our emotional and physical health, and support the organizations working dedicated to helping care for and educate families impacted by Alzheimer's disease.