In honor of Curt Ziemke, to directly help others diagnosed with ALS and their families by providing support with equipment, money and household needs, please send donations to:

CZ Cares
c/o: Cindy Ziemke
3182 Woodstock Road
Rossmoor, CA 90720

Even if it is only $5 or $10, whatever the amount, it would be such a blessing for CZ Cares to be able to get up and running.  Cindy has the best organizational skills around, and what she has learned over the past 3 years to effectively care for someone with ALS is priceless.  She will be able to go into these newly diagnosed families’ homes and make their journeys easier by teaching them what she has had to figure out herself, saving them time and energy to be with their loved one with the time they have left together.  Cindy is a business person, and she knows how to get the bang for the buck, so if you donate to CZ Cares, it will be stretched to help as many families with as much strength as she has to do it!  This is a way for Cindy to give back and continue the legacy Curt has left us all.  At the funeral, they played a memorial video, and during one part, they interviewed Curt and asked if he had any wishes for the kids.  One thing he wished for them is to “Always help those that are weaker than yourselves.”  What an amazing man and an amazing legacy!  Thank you in advance for showing the Ziemke family you care, whether you know them personally or not.  They treasure your thoughts and prayers, as the winter months will come on strong!

And if you want to continue checking in on them (more often than I’m physically able to do, lol), the family has an amazing blog, full of faith, hope and love.  Their address is http://curtziemke.blogspot.com/