The Louisville Walk to End Alzheimer’s team held a kick off event at Kentucky Farm Bureau on Thursday. Over 100 people joined the Greater Kentucky Southern Indiana chapter staff, teams and their captains at a ceremonial event signifying the start of fundraising season!
“Inspiring, Impactful and Informational,” Lisa Young, Senior Walk Director describes what it felt like in the Commonwealth Conference room at Kentucky Farm Bureau. The room’s moniker lived up to its name. It served as a place for all walks of life, different types of families, caregivers, senior care workers; the array of people who make up the commonwealth of Kentucky, but also shows the vast impact Alzheimer’s and Dementia has on our neighbors.
Annette B., Anthology of Louisville brought a resident from her senior care community. A daily reminder for why she fundraises, and who its for. It’s for the Linda’s of the world. Linda donned a purple lei, accessorized with an ear to ear smile, with hardware in her hands. Anthology of Louisville is the Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2022 Top Care Facility Fundraising Team.
Over the course of a 30-minute presentation, Anette and Linda were one of 22 teams and participants who received ultimate recognition for most fundraising dollars in a category.
During the course of the evening, attendees filled out forms to enter giveaway prizes for branded Walk water bottles and gift certificates for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Four lucky winners were drawn, but everyone walked away with something…a fundraising challenge.
Young tasked everyone in the room to help fundraise enough to hit the overall goal before the day of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. What’s the walk goal, you ask? $500,000. Where does the money go? It stays in your community, whether to provide free education to your neighbors, friends and families or fund local researchers to continue the ultimate goal to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and other types of Dementia.
Want to learn more about the Walk to End Alzheimer’s? Follow this link for more information to find a walk fundraiser in your area!
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