On behalf of the Alzheimer Society
Sudbury-Manitoulin, I would like to thank the Dragon Boat
Festival Executive for a generous $130, 091.48 in pledge
receipts for the year 2005. This makes the total earnings the
Alzheimer Society has received in two years from the festival a
whopping $255,000.
Thank you one and all! What an amazing feat
for the Dragon Boat Festival volunteers; some of whom have to
work virtually full-time to make the event run as efficiently
as possible. Thank you, paddlers. Your effort and practice is
the show; the reason we all end up at the waterfront. Thank you
to the businesses, the people of Greater Sudbury and all donors
who have given generously. Because of you, we hope to begin
renovations on the new Alzheimer Centre this winter. It would
be wonderful to see as many of you as possible at the grand
opening next spring.
The New Alzheimer Centre will be a spacious,
state-of-the-art centre, which will provide expanded programs
to relieve the stress of many caregivers and be a refuge for
those with Alzheimer Disease and related Dementia.
Joe Drago
Capital Campaign Chair