Exposed- Alzheimer's Group Calenar-Alexandra

Exposed- Alzheimer’s Group Calendar- Alexandra

The Forget-Me-Not 2010 calendar, featuring near naked men& women from Alexandra, is on sale to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society Otago and its carers in Central Otago. More than 100 copies have been sold so far contributing to the $10,000 already raised.

Alzheimer’s Society Otago manager Julie Butler said the calendar was a marvelous success but the organisation needed more core funding. Otago DHB funds the society’s Dunedin based service. However, there is no regular funding for rural services even though there are more than 100 families in Central Otago affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Committed staff, currently use their own vehicles to visit Central and Mrs. Butler says securing rural funding would help to “pay staff fulltime, buy a vehicle and expand the service.”