Bakersfield Life

By: Alzheimer's Association of Kern County

 

 

 

     The Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County (ADAKC) will be hosting the Remembrance Candlelight Vigil Monday, November 3, 2008 at 6:00 pm on the lawn of the Olive Drive Church 5500 Olive Drive, Bakersfield CA. 

 

This very special and heartfelt event will honor both caregivers and those individual’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Our plans for this outdoor luminary event include: Master of Ceremonies Katie Harlen of KGET Channel 17 who will share this event with our main speakers Channel 29 Anchorman Jeff Lumuchii and Gladys Zobel Director of Family Services ADAKC. We will also be presenting a touching musical remembrance slide show and candle lighting ceremony followed by an Open House at the ADAKC Day Care Center.

 

 With a $15 donation anyone wishing to participate will receive a luminary with their loved ones name (in honor or in memory of) and may also include a photo and caption to be displayed in the outdoors slideshow.

 

“With approximately 10,000 individuals diagnosed with this disease in Kern County.

Our hope is to raise community awareness about this divesting disease and the services we provided for caregivers. The Adult Day Care Center offers guilt free relief for caregivers who need a break for their own well-being. Often times the caregivers pass long before their loved ones from their own self-neglect. This is a wonderful way to remember and to honor the love we all have shared with those family members and friends who have been affected. We anticipate a great turn out for this event. ” explains Kate Eucce Chief Executive Office of the Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County. “

 

Kern County families struggle daily to cope with the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders; the candlelight vigil is not only for those who have had a loved one pass from Alzheimer’s Disease, but for anyone at all who has been impacted.

 For more information call (661) 393-8871