More than 400 supporters joined together at AFTD’s seventh annual Hope Rising Benefit in New York City on Tuesday. This year’s charity gala – chaired by Donald Newhouse and co-chaired by Anna Wintour and David Zaslav – raised more than $1.8 million in support of the organization’s critical work to support people affected by FTD, the most common form of dementia for people under 60, and drive research to a cure.

The benefit honored and celebrated the power of FTD stories. AFTD’s CEO, Susan Dickinson, told attendees: “It isn’t the fact that someone faces FTD that defines their story. We share these stories because they can bring hope. We share these stories because they reflect the resilience of people and families fighting through horrific lived experiences to connect, inform, and help others around them.”

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