Exciting events to aid the Alzheimer’s cause
http://www.alzheimers-illinois.org/enewsletter/august2013/events.asp
Several exciting events benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association® are on the horizon. Please join us in supporting these endeavors with your participation, contribution or enthusiasm.
Several exciting events benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association® are on the horizon. Please join us in supporting these endeavors with your participation, contribution or enthusiasm.
Flowers for Mom
On Monday, August 5, William Glass of Lombard will embark on a solo trek from Chicago to Atlanta, GA entirely on foot. Glass will travel 750 miles through six states to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s — a disease affecting his mother, Eileen Glass.
Glass intends to stop at several Alzheimer’s Association offices during his journey as well as meet with congressional representatives to encourage the prioritization of Alzheimer’s policy and initiatives.
The meaning behind the journey’s name, Flowers for Mom, stems from Glass’s childhood.
“As a kid, I would always pick flowers in the fields around the house to bring to her to cheer her up,” he recalled. “Even if they were weeds, she would always put them in a vase and set them on the dining room table or in the living room. I will be taking a single flower for her from Chicago (to Georgia, where she is currently living).”
Glass hopes to raise $10,000 and untold amounts of awareness during the nearly two months he predicts it will take him to reach his destination.
“I am doing this so that others will not have to suffer as my family has from this disease,” he said. “My mom and my family did not deserve this horrible disease.”
To contribute to Glass, please visit his ALZ Stars page. ALZ Stars is an endurance program to benefit the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Keep up with Glass during his travels through his Facebook page.
Remember When Motorcycle Ride
The sixth annual Remember When Motorcycle Ride will take Saturday, August 17 at Chuck’s Harley Davidson, 2027 Ireland Grove Boulevard, Bloomington.
Benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association and organized by Mike Fowler, whose wife Donna is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, this event will begin with check-in from 9 to 10 a.m., at which time the ride will start.
The ride will conclude at the VFW Post 454, 1006 E. Lincoln St. Bloomington. Attendees can enjoy live music and lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. A silent auction will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. with a live auction beginning at 1:30 p.m.
All riders and passenger cars are welcome.
For more information, contact Jocelyn Lamartina at jlamartina@alz.org.