Silvergate Retirement Residence donated $32,225.91 to Alzheimer\u2019s San Diego on Oct. 21, an amount representing the combined effort of residents, employees and company.<\/p>\n
Leading up to Team Silvergate\u2019s participation in the Walk4ALZ on Oct. 17 in Balboa Park, several fundraisers and other activities were held at Silvergate\u2019s three residential facilities, including in Rancho Bernardo. The \u201cMake Every Step Matter\u201d campaign in August and September included bake and art sales, bingo games, ice cream socials and other fundraisers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great to see everyone choose their own way to support the fundraising, whether they baked something, joined a game, bought a piece of resident art or simply encouraged a friend to participate,\u201d said Mary Kay Vesey, a Silvergate Rancho Bernardo resident who helped organize its fundraising efforts. \u201cEvery little effort added up, and it felt good to know we were doing something meaningful together.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to what Silvergate\u2019s residents and employees raised, AmeriCare Health & Retirement, Inc. \u2014 the parent company of Silvergate \u2014 added $10,000 in support of Alzheimer\u2019s San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur mission at Silvergate is to \u2018Make Every Day Matter,\u2019 and throughout this campaign we\u2019ve extended that idea to \u2018Make Every Step Matter,\u2019\u201d said Greg Petree, president of AmeriCare Health & Retirement, Inc. \u201cOur team members hosted all kinds of creative fundraising events, and our residents, their families and the local community really showed up to participate. Seeing our three communities come together around such an important cause is a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish when we share a common purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eugenia Welch, president and CEO of Alzheimer\u2019s San Diego, expressed her gratitude for the collective effort.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am genuinely moved by what the Silvergate communities have accomplished, but what strikes me even more is the spirit behind it,\u201d Welch said. \u201cThe enthusiasm and heart that each community of residents, families, and team members has poured into this effort is exactly what Walk4ALZ is all about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so grateful to have Silvergate walking alongside us. \u2026 I hope everyone knows how much every step \u2014 and every dollar \u2014 truly does matter to the individuals and families we serve every day,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing at Balboa Park with the entire Silvergate team and seeing so many people come together for the same cause was really moving,\u201d said Jessica Swaaley, Silvergate Rancho Bernardo\u2019s executive director. \u201cThis event reminds us that families dealing with Alzheimer\u2019s aren\u2019t alone, and that the money we raised can make a real difference right here in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Silvergate Retirement Residence donated $32,225.91 to Alzheimer\u2019s San Diego on Oct. 21, an amount representing the combined effort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[198519,74,76,75,117669,198520],"class_list":["post-517296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-alzheimers-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-silvergate-rancho-bernardo","tag-silvergate-retirement-residence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}