Special Events Around the State
Memory Walk Wrap-Around Events
The Charleston Elks 13th Annual Alzheimer's Golf Tournament
Saturday, September 13
Seabrook Island, SC
Shot gun start at 12:30 PM. $100 per person. Sponsorships welcome. This first class event will include door prizes and bonus features on various holes. A Free Pour Awards Dinner Dance will be held following the Tournament at the Charleston Elks Lodge. For more information, please contact Buddy Sirisky at cs242er2000@bellsouth.net or 843-766-3448.
2nd Annual Paint the Town Purple Awareness Event
Saturday, September 13
Smoke on the Water in Greenville's West End
5-8 pm
This awareness event gets cooler every year! Join us to learn more about Alzheimer's and Memory Walk, and just have a good time! Come enjoy exceptional live blues music by Mac Arnold and Plate Full of Blues. You'll even have the chance to look at (and poke) real brains while learning about Alzheimer's from Dr. Mark Kindy. You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind event!
Memory Walk Wrap-Around Events
Benefiting the Anderson Memory Walk:
Memory Poker Paddle September 6, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Darwin H Wright Park.
Paddle a kayak or canoe on a five mile course with destinations to obtain the highest poker hand! All paddlers welcome- beginners and experienced! Bring your own craft or rent one from Grady's Great Outdoors (call to reserve- rental fee is $20). Grand Prize is a kayak donated by Grady's Great Outdoors! Additional prizes and raffle at awards ceremony. Lunch and beverages will be provided. Pre-registration is required and is due by August 16. Download registration form. For more information, contact Wendy at 864-356-2451 or alzpaddle@yahoo.com.
Benefiting the Beaufort County Memory Walk:
Alzheimer's Association FUNdraiser - "featuring" David Hyde Pierce
Thursday, September 25
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Carolina House Bluffton
800 Fording Island RD., Bluffton, SC 29910
Join us for refreshing cocktails and tasty hors d’oeuvres while watching classic episodes of the hit series, Frasier, featuring Alzheimer’s Association spokesman David Hyde Pierce as Niles. And with every laugh and joke, we’ll raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. Pledge Cards are only $5 and additional pledges will be tied to specific events in each episode. Download flyer.
Admission: $5.00
Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association
RESERVATIONS: CALL STEPHANIE FRAZIER AT (843) 815-2555 BY SEPTEMBER 19
Benefiting the Aiken Memory Walk:
1st Annual Alzheimer’s Education ConferenceMoving Through the Mist: A Clearer Pathway to Understanding “Dementia” featuring Teepa Snow, MS OTR/L FAOTA
September 30, 2008
8:00 a.m- 4:00 p.m.
USC Aiken Conference Center, Room 122
Fees are $20 per attendee. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association - South Carolina Chapter. Space is Limited! Please RSVP to reserve your spot: 803-642-8444. Download flyer.
Sponsored by Eden Gardens, Especially Seniors, Trinity Home Services and Liberty HomeCare and Hospice Services.
Benefiting the Spartanburg Area Memory Walk
Skylyn Place Senior Living 1st Annual First Responder Chili Cook-off
To Benefit Alzheimer’s Association
September 18th, 2008
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm (Set-up at 4:30)
Skylyn Place Retirement Community
1705 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307
Calling all hands... Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Rescue Squads... bring your best chili! To enter your chili: Before August 29th $20.00, after the August 29th -$25.00.
The public is welcome to come judge for themselves and enjoy the music of the Kudzoo band. Skylyn Place will provide beer, wine, and iced tea along with cheese, sour cream, and crackers to enjoy with the chili for a night of fun! Donations are suggested for chili and beverages. Please call if you have any questions- 864-216-2436, Regina Fargis
Win a log cabin playhouse!
You could be the lucky person to win the precious log-cabin playhouse pictured below. Donated by Green River Cabins, this cabin is the ultimate playhouse for kids. For a suggested donation of $10, your name will be entered for a chance to win. Drawing will be on October 4 at the Spartanburg Memory Walk, and all proceeds support the walk. For more information on entering, please contact Lindsay Sill at 1-800-908-9690 or lindsay.sill@alz.org.
To submit your wrap-around event for the website, please email details to beth.murff@alz.org.
