Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk 23/09/2012

If you've ever been to one of our vintage events you might have seen on the promotional material - for example the beautiful flyer for our upcoming York Does Vintage on 14th October 2012 (on the left), that we support the Alzheimer's Society.

Today I took part in the Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk, at the Knavesmire in York.  There more than three hundred  people who turned up to do the walk - which is amazing!

You can see a video from ITV's Calender News about the event here:-

Taking Steps the Beat Alzheimer's

To get us all in the mood the volunteers started us off with a sing-song. 

Here they're doing "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes" as a warm up!

Richard McCourt from TV's Dick and Dom open the event with a speech about why he supports the Alzheimer's Society.

He told us that his mother suffered from the disease and  she died two years ago this weekend at the age of 64.  It's clearly a charity close to his heart.  He then cut the ribbon and led us off on the walk.

So a BIG well done to everyone who took part and thanks to all the stewarts and volunteers who made the day such a success!  I can't wait to see what the grand total was from the day, but hopefully we've raised quite a lot of money for the charity. 

So far my total stands at £115. If you'd like to donate to the Alzheimer's Society, then please visit my Just Giving page below:-

http://www.justgiving.com/Clare-Harrison