Welcome to the Vets March to End Alzheimer's 2024 Campaign under Visiting Angels South Central Michigan!!! We are so thankful for the opportunity to address you - right here, right now. So, here's our story and why we are so passionate and excited for you to join our team or to show your support.

First off, I'm Retired Major Tim Welbaum, Army Reservist and Combat Vet. I also own Visiting Angels South Central Michigan located in Adrian. For nearly six years, we've been a community leader in providing homecare services to our senior community, and these experiences have shed light on one very common disease - Alzheimer's. After our first year in the homecare industry, we quickly realized that Alzheimer's and the different forms of Dementia were very common among our friends, family members and throughout our communities.

In fact, did you know that 1 in 3 seniors will die from Alzheimer's or Dementia? Or that Vets with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have an increased chance of 2 - 4 times that of the average person (which is already extremely high)? Here is another startling fact... Alzheimer's kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined every year, yet few people know anything about Alzheimer's. With someone developing Alzheimer's every 65 seconds in the United States, we need your help desperately in fighting to #ENDALZ!!!

So, after seeing the common trend of this horrific disease haunting family after family that we've provided homecare services for, we knew we had to learn more about this disease. And that's when we discovered the Alzheimer's Association. Once we learned about the AA's beautiful mission, we knew right away that we needed to get involved and build a lasting partnership. The Alz Association quickly notified us about their signature annual event - The Walk to End Alzheimer's.  

Since learning of the Alzheimer’s Association and their beautiful cause in 2018, our Visiting Angels office in Adrian, MI and the Vets March to End Alzheimer's Campaign has raised just under $200,000 in support of ending Alzheimer’s disease and educating those impacted directly or indirectly on the free resources available to them through the Alz Association.

So how about it?! Will you join our team and help us stir up some support? Its much easier than you think. Click join team somewhere on this page, and then ensure you link your social media accounts, such as Facebook and twitter to your personal Alzheimer's page, which will ensure you help out our team and that you also receive the credit for all donations raised which will also qualify you for some really cool gifts depending on how much you raise. And if joining our team isn't the right fit for you, you can still get in on the action by making a donation to our team yourself which will go a very long way toward helping us achieve another very successful year in our fight to End Alzheimer's disease.

Again, every donation, small or large, helps us get that much closer to the World's first Alzheimer's Survivor. We also have had roughly 30 corporate sponsors each year. So if you or your business want to be one of our corporate sponsors, we'd be honored as well! If you have any questions or would like to talk more about corporate sponsorships or joining our team or supporting our cause, please feel free to reach out to me directly at 517.920.4254.

And just in case you could also use information about Alzheimer's disease or want to check out the free resources and programs available in your community, feel free to go to www.alz.org or for immediate assistance, use the Alzheimer's Association's 24-7 Helpline: 800.272.3900. Stay strong and God Bless!!!