As 2014 Comes To An End

One of my goals for 2015 is to "put a face" to Alzheimer's and dementia of all forms.

If you have followed my Facebook pages, you know this year (2014) I donated 1/4 of all of my sales proceeds to the Alzheimer's Association. I picked the Alzheimer's Association because they are one of the few organizations who actually put their pie chart of where the monies go on their web site. You can find them here: http://www.alz.org

ONLY 6% of all donations go to administration costs, with 17% going to fundraising and 77% going to Alzheimer's care, support, research, awareness, and advocacy. This is what I was able to donate this year.

Thank you to my friend, Tammy (who sent me several donations this year), the ladies at Scarf It (who also made donations), and all who made purchases this year. This only happened because of all of them!

I'd like to end 2014 with this Alzheimer's Prayer that I have seen from time to time. A friend of mine posted it on Facebook the other day and it just struck "home" for me. In the next few weeks, I will be "introducing" you to my mother-in-law and my second mom, who both suffer from Alzheimer's.

For 2015, my focus will be on creating Christmas ornaments and a portion of those sales proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association. If anyone would like to share their story of dealing with Alzheimer's, do not hesitate to send me a note!

You can follow me on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/melissarosarypage
https://www.facebook.com/melissabeadedmakes

I've also recently signed up for Tsu:
https://www.tsu.co/MelissaMT67