I'm reaching out to you on behalf of all of us on the Board of the Directors of The Glenner Alzheimer's Family Centers -- an extraordinary organization providing assistance to families struggling with Alzheimer's and other memory impairing diseases. Over the past 25 years Glenner has provided over 150,000 San Diegans with compassionate adult day care, family training and education, crisis management, and more. For more information, visit www.alzheimerhelp.org.
Times are tough for the Glenner Centers. In order to keep program costs affordable (and to provide scholarships for those families that cannot pay), we rely heavily upon the financial support of our community. We're holding only one fundraiser this year, and it's coming up on March 14th, 2009.
An electronic version of the invitation to "Let Us Entertain You" is available for download here. Tickets for the "preview party," which runs from 4-7 p.m., and include food, games, live entertainment, and valey parking downtown cost just $100. Tickets for the gala dinner cost $250 and include all of the above, as well as a seated dinner from 7-9 p.m. We at Elder Care Guides hope you can join us! You can print and mail in the ticket order form (available at link above) to the Glenner Centers at 3702 Fourth Ave., San Diego CA 92103.
If you can't attend the event but want to get in on some of the action and support the cause, opportunity drawing tickets are available for $20. We're giving away 50 different prizes, including a $500 Costco gift certificate! To purchase opportunity tickets, please call the Glenner corporate office at (619) 543-4700. The George G. Glenner Alzheimer's Family Centers, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, and all event and opportunity drasing tickets are tax deductible (Federal Tax ID#95-3794678).
Yesterday morning I took two of my clients to visit Glenner's Hillcrest center, and was amazed by what I saw. Although neighter were particularly excited about the idea of Mrs. N attending an "adult day care program," within a few minutes they were totally won over by the engaging activities and the kind and attentive staff. Her regular attendance at the center will not only provide my client with more social and intellectual stimulation during the day, but it will give her 90 year old husband a much-needed break from his caregiving responsibilities. I'm so grateful that we have an affordable, accessible reesource such as the Glenner Centers in our community, and hope you'll turn out for a fun night on the town to help ensure that this important organization continues to provide these needed services.
