With Just Dance 2020 launching this week on Nintendo Switch and Wii, the game's publisher Ubisoft has teamed up with Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, in a new crowdfunding campaign - and you can help.
The campaign is called Just Dance Memories and asks the public to share a specially created film on social media. It hopes to help raise awareness and funds for life-changing dementia research, and it's really easy to get involved.
Ubisoft will donate £1 to Alzheimer's Research UK for every retweet, Facebook share, and Instagram comment on the posts listed below up to a maximum of £30,000. At the time of writing, the campaign has raised £15,000, so we can still get that total even higher. Here are the posts in question:
Twitter - retweet to raise £1:
Instagram - comment to raise £1:
Facebook - share to raise £1:
Fans are also encouraged to share their favourite #JustDanceMemories on social media to spread further awareness.
You can learn more about Alzheimer's Research UK's work here.
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I appreciate Just Dance now. Wasnt crazy about it but my grandma died of alzheimers. Good for them
I may not like Just Dance games but I definitely appreciate what Ubisoft is trying to do here. My grandfather died from Alzheimer's and I currently have another 2 people in my family with the same problem... it's horrifying to just helplessly watch this condition slowly but surely destroy a person, knowing that it will eventually kill them.
@Dakka-Dakka same man. Sorry yo hear that
its a bad decease at least ubisoft is trying to help not just in the gaming industry but in other peoples lives.
@PickledKong64 Thanks, I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother too. It's a ****ing horrible disease.
@Dakka-Dakka I really hope they find a cure. Even if they did the medicine companies are probably holding it back from us.
@PickledKong64 Well I know that cannabis oil is thought to slow the progress of Alzheimer's but I think we are still a long way off from an actual cure, if there is one.
@Dakka-Dakka hmm didnt know. Psychological illnesses are usually hard to cure.
@PickledKong64 Yes that is true though unfortunately Alzheimer's isn't just a psychological illness. What basically happens is that a form of protein builds up excessively in the brain which leads to neurons being destroyed. The psychological symptoms and memory loss etc. is a result of the cell damage. Research has shown that cannabis oil can slow down the production of this type of protein but it still isn't a cure.
@Dakka-Dakka Oh I didnt know. My grandma died while I was in 6th grade. I'm now a junior in high school. I guess I never looked into the disease before. Thank you for the info
@PickledKong64 No worries, am happy to help.
The reason they skipped Wii U: they forgot about it.
This is a very cool initiative considering how important this research is. My fellow students using the resource https://au.edubirdie.com/apa-citation-generator also research this issue. The more research on this disease are performed, the chances are of finding a perfect treatment. It's good that such big companies are bringing such great initiatives to the younger generation.
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