Our
programs and services delivered significantly increased during FY 2013 (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). We connect with families through our community education programs, support groups, care consultations and Helpline services. The number of family members we connected with increased from 5,463 in 2011 to 7,655 in 2012 and
9,242 in 2013 (21% increase from 2012)! We successfully launched an
Early Stage Alzheimer’s Social Engagement program. We look forward to an even greater reach in 2014 through the expansion of our Early Stage program as well as the launch of our
Diversity Outreach and
Physician’s Outreach programs!
Our statewide
public policy efforts were awarded with the passing of the Alzheimer’s Association
Michigan State Income Tax Checkoff bill, which was signed by Governor Snyder this June. We look forward to Michigan taxpayers supporting our local programs and services.
Our 2013 Ann Arbor Charity Golf Outing was a huge success thanks to our golfers, presenting sponsors
EQ and
Absopure as well as our Event Chair -
State Representative David Rutledge. We hosted 140 golfers and additional guests for a gorgeous day of golf. The net revenue was
$52,736 (25% increase)! We are looking forward to possibly expanding this event to two golf courses as this year’s event almost filled the course!
This fall our
Walk to End Alzheimer’s events were again hugely successful as our communities hosted
11 Walks across our 23 counties. There were
5,067 proud walkers (19% increase) on
479 dedicated teams (8% increase from 2012) who raised a total of
$577,784 (19% increase) to support Alzheimer’s care, support and research! We also enjoyed celebrating with our Lansing Walk Committee and walkers - the largest Walk in our chapter’s 31 year history... over
$135,000 raised!
We will not be able to provide much needed programs and services to families and raise dollars to eventually find a cure for Alzheimer’s without
raising awareness. One of the ways we fight for families is by getting the word out about why people should care. In 2013 we helped to raise general awareness through media stories, opinion editorials and advertisements (mostly donated). Media impressions grew from 16 million in FY 2012 to almost
22 million in FY 2013 (38% increase)!
There are far too many highlights to share with you in this newsletter, so please look for our
2013 Annual Report in January. We hope you will keep up on all of the great work that is being done not only by our chapter but across the country and world in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease by visiting
alz.org, “liking” us on
Facebook and following us on
Twitter!
Wishing you a peaceful, safe and happy holiday season!