This morning over 500 people from the community joined Keary, Shirl, and me for the Alzheimer's Walk to End Alzheimer's at the Sports Core in Kohler. Over $50,000 was raised. Senator Joe Liebham and his two children as well as Miss Wisconsin led the walk.
Before the walk there was a scavenger hunt for facts about Alzheimer's and information about the event like the name of the DJ and how many items were in the silent auction. I like to play games and I'm competitive, so I went around asking people questions trying to find the answers to some of the questions. I was one of the first to complete the game. Then I shared the answers with Shirl and Keary to increase our chances of winning. The sheet said the prize was a free pizza, but the prize was really one free admission to an Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Conference on Thursday, November 10 from 9 am to 3:30 pm at Acuity on Taylor Drive, Sheboygan. Admission is only $5.00.
We were given a pinwheel on a stick. We were told to write notes on each petal. Then they put them in the lawn as a group. The pinwheels came in four different colors. Yellow meant that you were a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia. Blue was for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's. White and purple was for a participant who knew someone who died from Alzheimer's or someone who had come to support the Alzheimer's Association.
Another game was to guess how many M&Ms were in a jar. I guessed 3317. At another table I put my name in for a drawing to get a free pizza. Shirl and I played putt putt golf to hit a golf ball into some holes. At another table I got a free 15 minute deep massage of my shoulders, back, and hands. It was painful and enjoyable at the same time. I did not want her to stop!
Then we started on our walk for about an hour around the Wood Lake area. After the walk, we ate complementary hot dogs, chips and a McDonald's chocolate chip cookie with punch or water.
Then I went to look at the silent auction items and while I was in that tent, they were announcing the winners of the different drawings and games. First prize winner was me...I won a free Pizza Hut pizza! Then another prize was the jar of M&Ms. I won that one, too. My guess was within 400 of the correct number. Wow, two prizes. Another prize was the winner of the scavenger hunt. Keary won!! We won three of the first six prizes. Then the announcer said, "Are there any more Kautzers here? We have a few more prizes left." I did not hear that, but Keary told me afterwards. How funny. Keary said he has known the announcer for over 25 years.
Before the walk there was a scavenger hunt for facts about Alzheimer's and information about the event like the name of the DJ and how many items were in the silent auction. I like to play games and I'm competitive, so I went around asking people questions trying to find the answers to some of the questions. I was one of the first to complete the game. Then I shared the answers with Shirl and Keary to increase our chances of winning. The sheet said the prize was a free pizza, but the prize was really one free admission to an Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Conference on Thursday, November 10 from 9 am to 3:30 pm at Acuity on Taylor Drive, Sheboygan. Admission is only $5.00.
We were given a pinwheel on a stick. We were told to write notes on each petal. Then they put them in the lawn as a group. The pinwheels came in four different colors. Yellow meant that you were a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's or dementia. Blue was for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's. White and purple was for a participant who knew someone who died from Alzheimer's or someone who had come to support the Alzheimer's Association.Another game was to guess how many M&Ms were in a jar. I guessed 3317. At another table I put my name in for a drawing to get a free pizza. Shirl and I played putt putt golf to hit a golf ball into some holes. At another table I got a free 15 minute deep massage of my shoulders, back, and hands. It was painful and enjoyable at the same time. I did not want her to stop!
Then we started on our walk for about an hour around the Wood Lake area. After the walk, we ate complementary hot dogs, chips and a McDonald's chocolate chip cookie with punch or water.
Then I went to look at the silent auction items and while I was in that tent, they were announcing the winners of the different drawings and games. First prize winner was me...I won a free Pizza Hut pizza! Then another prize was the jar of M&Ms. I won that one, too. My guess was within 400 of the correct number. Wow, two prizes. Another prize was the winner of the scavenger hunt. Keary won!! We won three of the first six prizes. Then the announcer said, "Are there any more Kautzers here? We have a few more prizes left." I did not hear that, but Keary told me afterwards. How funny. Keary said he has known the announcer for over 25 years.
