Cypress Village residents and employees recently organized a modified version of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on the senior living community’s campus, complete with matching shirts, signs and flower pinwheels.
While the Alzheimer’s Association’s official walk was held at the University of North Florida this past weekend, Cypress Village offered its own walk around the community in order to offer a small-scale alternative for residents from all levels of care to participate in the cause. Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease that impacts thinking, memory and behavior. There is no cure or effective treatment — yet. The goal of the walk is to change that.
In October, the community took donations and did fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Cypress Village team donation total was $16,700, well over their projected goal of $10,000. Other fundraising efforts included a bingo for Alzheimer’s event, a “kiss the cow” booth at the community fall festival, a silent auction in the main lobby and weekly community updates on the fundraising progress throughout the month of October.
More than 100 residents and employees gathered at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, and walked the 1.2 miles around Middleton Park Circle, and all participants enjoyed breakfast in Egret Hall afterward.
Cypress Village is one of many teams in the Jacksonville area that organized a walk, and the official Walk to End Alzheimer’s raised nearly $300,000 to help find a cure and provide support services to those impacted by the disease. This is Cypress Village’s second walk on campus. Participants are passionate about raising awareness and look forward to next year’s walk.
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