The WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S in Greenville, SC was a huge success! There were so many people that showed up to walk and show their support. They were young and old, walking in wheelchairs and even in strollers. It was such an amazing thing to witness!
We arrived at 8 a.m. for registration and got our t-shirts. I had ordered matching t-shirts for us with my logo so that is what we wore to walk both the Spartanburg and Greenville walks. The walk started about 9 a.m.
If you have ever been to Greenville, South Carolina you know that it is a magnificent place to visit. They spend alot of time and money to make it beautiful. The Reedy river which runs right through the middle of town and where they have built a gorgeous park along the big water fall called appropriately enough Falls Park. It was a wonderful place for our morning stroll.
We had drummers and maracas, tambourines all courtesy of the young kids that were walking. They had face paintings and cool balloon creation like dogs, swords and such.
You could feel the electricity as the opening ceremonies succeeded in getting everyone pumped up and ready to go. There were lots and lots of sponsors there handing out little freebies. It was a great time for one and all.
Our walk consisted of 2.25 miles in the center of Greenville and then right through the middle of Falls Park. It started and ended at Fluor Field which is the home of the Greenville Drive the local minor league baseball team.
I am so proud that we completed all we set out to do. We were $135 short of our goal this year but we will be stronger and better prepared next year. So no more jumping in lakes, begging online for dollars or walking…until next year so be prepared.
I would love to take this time to thank the following people who donated to The Diary of an Alzheimer’s team! Here are their names and a link to their wonderful websites, if they have one. Several I was unsure as to whether they had one or not. If I missed a link please let me know and I would love to add it immediately. Go check them out if you haven’t already. I am positive that you will love them as much as I do!
Susan F. www.ofeverymoment.com
Lana L. www.twoteensandtheirmama.com
Darcy Perdu www.sothenstories.com
Sharon Greenthal www.emptyhousefullmind.com
Michelle Combs www.rubbershoesinhell.com
Claudia Schmidt www.myleftbreast.net
Patty Chang Anker www.pattychanganker.com
Lady Marielle www.ladymarielle.com
Quirky Chrissy www.quirkychrissy.com
Jennifer Steck www.abriefpause.com
Allison Cook and Miss Congeniality-Joy Steele as well as one anonymous donor. We want to thank you all so much for donating and a special thanks to Darcy Perdu for drumming up donations on her own blog! Thanks so much ladies!!!
Remember to:
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest.
I love you momma!
I’m so glad it went well! Lovely pictures!!!
Thanks for the shout out, sister…I was happy to help. 🙂
Thanks so much it’s the least I can do!
That looked like a great walk. Nothing better than raising awareness for a great cause.
It was alot of fun and a bunch of money was raised!
It is great that the event was such a success. I love events like this because they do so much to raise awareness. It also helps to bring families together that are going through the same things allowing them to form better support systems.
You’re so right alot of the time caregivers feel so alone and this a great way to bring people together and raise money at the same time!
Glad to hear that everything went well on your walk. I love that photo of the three of you guys.
Thanks so much Robin!
Looks like it turned out to be a great event! Love the crowd! And I’ll bet it was a beautiful walk, too!
It was Greenville is one of the prettiest cities in the country!
I’ve never done an Alzheimer walk before, but I’ve done a bunch of autism walks.What a great cause and it looks like you raised a lot of money.
I’m not sure of the final total but I bet is was alot!
Looks like you had a beautiful day and a beautiful setting for your walk! Thanks for sharing it with us :)!
Thanks so much Lana!
Glad it was a big success and your team of 3 enjoyed it!
Yeah we lost 2 due to sickness but we carried on and had a great day!
Yay I am so pleased to hear it went well – that is awesome, well done to you all. x
Thanks Sarah is was a lot of fun and something we will definitely doing next year as well.
This is fantastic! I am so glad you did it – great pictures!
Thanks so much Dee!
Thanks so much Susan! It was a pleasure to name off all of donations. We appreciate every one and will definitely be back at it next year!
Love the amount of people that showed up! Also love that money was raised and even if you did not meet your goal… money is money
Thanks so much Aimee! We really enjoyed it and have decided to make it an annual event in our house.
Looked like a great walk! It’s for sure a great and important cause!
Thanks so much Jeanine!
I love Greenville, I could walk there any time even if it were not for a cause, but knowing its for a cause would make me sign up right away. I’m glad you had so much support, I bet you can’t wiat to do again next year.
Thanks LeSley it is a wonderful city and I am so blessed to live so close by! You’re right we can’t wait until next year!
I love Greenville, too, and so glad to hear it was such a success! Alzheimer’s is definitely one of the top diseases I’d like to see a cure found for.
Thank you very much. It is a terrific city and one of our favorite places to explore!
I’m so happy it was a success! I was thinking about you over the weekend and looking forward to reading your post!
Thank you Lois! We had a great time! Now mom wants to walk for everything!
Yay so happy all went well with the walk. Plus great photos you took.
Thanks so much Becca!
Your walk looks like such an amazing experience! Congratulations on finishing and raising money.
Thank you very much Barb!
I’m glad the walk was such a huge success. It’s a great way to raise awareness about such an important cause.
Thanks so much! I may have created a monster. I was told to find more charities to walk for (mom)!
Looks like a great walk! I love walks like this that bring a cause to light.
Thanks so much Amber, we really enjoyed it and alot of money was raised!
I did this walk in San Jose two weeks ago! Thank you for walking to end Alzheimer’s! 🙂
Great job Annie! It doesn’t matter where it is as long as we join in and help out! We did the Spartanburg and Greenville walks this year!
I’ve never been to SC but it seems like your walk went well and I’m glad it was a success. Here’s to your next walk being even better.
Thanks Amanda! It went great and mom loved it!
Drummers, maracas and tambourines – oh my! That alone would make it worth the walk. Especially played by little ones. Sounds like a great fundraiser and a good time.
Thanks Pam, it was nice to walk to the uh let’s call it “music”! It definitely drew some attention to our cause!
I love that the kids played fun music for you to walk to, how cute! This is such an important cause. I’ve seen Alzheimer’s touch way too many lives.
Thank you Nikki! They definitely motivated us to keep moving. We sang along to things like “You Are My Sunshine” and “Lean On Me”
Sounds like you had a great walk, and nothing better than to raise money for awareness of illnesses! Great job!
Thanks Carmen we really enjoyed it!
I’m so pleased it went really well *high 5*
It’s fantastic of you to raise both funds and awareness of such an important cause x
Hahaha! Thanks Viccy and a definite “high 5” right back at you!
Sounds like you guys had a successful campaign/fundraiser! Congrats! The place looks beautiful and scenic!
Thank you Mel! It is a wonderful place to visit!
Love to see the differences in ages of those that participated! And to see the sheer number of participants! What a great, wonderful day! Next year, it’ll be better still!
Thanks Diane! We are already looking forward to next year.
So happy to see that it went well. This is a great cause to support!
Thanks so much Krystal!
Looks like a smashing success! A truly wonderful cause to raise awareness on.
Thanks Megan!
I know that pumped up feeling you’re talking about being in the air before it started. I love that feeling!
It’s wonderful isn’t it! Thanks Rosey!
What a great event! I should look to see if there are any around here. Maybe not since its starting to get cool.
This is the month for all of the Alzheimer’s Walks and it being cool made it so nice! We wore long sleeve shirts but were pushing up the sleeves after just a little while! Thanks Chrystal!
Sounds like a lovely walk! I used to volunteer at the walk in Kansas City.
Thank you! It was a terrific walk I’m sure you enjoyed yours as well!
You got pretty close to your goal. That is great! I am sure next year will be bigger and even better
Thanks Veronica! I will definitely have my fundraising strategies well prepared for next year!
Congratulations on your success. And I love your shirts!
Thank you Karen! I was so excited to get those shirts. We had alot of people ask us about them!
WTG TEAM! Looks like you had great weather and a great team supporting!
Thanks so much Danielle! It was a fantastic time!
Glad it went well! Really wish you had been able to reach your goal. Hope you can next time around.
Thanks Marielle and thank you so much for your donation it was very much appreciated. Yes, next year will definitely be bigger and better!
Your walk turned out great! I know the one I did, did too. And yet again, I totally cried when they did the pre-walk speeches.
It is very moving! Unfortunately it was so crowded we could barely hear but the one from the week before brought me to tears!
I’m glad the day went so well. You most definitely had a beautiful setting for it!
Thanks Liz!
Congratulations on the walk, Rena! It must have been wonderful for you to participate with your mom. And, thank you for your generous link to my blog, above, many thanks.
What a great way to show support for such a wonderful cause. You have inspired me to join a walk in my neighborhood.
A great walk for a great cause! Its wonderful that you were able to walk with your mom!
Thanks so much Ashley! We had such a great time!