Teaming with Walk to End Alzheimers

We're in the thick of it!   Yeah!

We're making Amethyst bracelets that will be sold at the Walk to End Alzheimer's events.  Kyla designed several bracelets, and the Alzheimer's Association Great Plains Chapter picked a design to be sold at their Walk to End Alzheimer's event.

Each bracelet will sell for $21.40 with 50% of the proceeds going to the Chapter.  We hope this spreads across the U.S. - a wonderful project for us and helping to fight Alzheimer's too!

Another really great event was Kyla's interview on NTV's the Good Life, Monday July 25th.  What a great piece; good information given on Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, the Walk to End Alzheimer's and what happening with this project.  To see the interview go to

http://www.nebraska.tv/story/15141155/beads-in-a-box

And the blessings keep on coming!  About an hour or two after Kyla's interview we had a surprise visitor at our administration building.  Marilee, a new resident of Kearney, happened to watch the NTV interview and dropped by to see if she could volunteer to help make bracelets.  Her father has been affected by Alzheimer's and she felt this was a good project to contribute her time to - it would both help us in our mission and help in the fight of Alzheimer's disease.

On the home front, we are gearing up for the fall/winter season.  We have several conferences scheduled that we will attend as vendors.  This allows us to raise money and to share our mission statement and raise awareness of Community Action and all of what our programs achieve.

We will have our fall show, the Holiday Splendor Craft and Trade show on November 12th.  This will be an exciting time for us.  Our plan is to have a bead trunk show and 3 to 4 classes to teach beading.  We are actively looking for instructors to help make this a success.

This is all from the home front for now -

Stay tuned -

                         Janice

Great news for Beads in a Box and Something For Everyone Jewelry! Alexandra Dillon, Associate Director for the Alzheimer’s Association of the Great Plains Chapter contacted Beads in a Box about creating a signature bracelet for their Walk to End Alzheimer’s coming up in Grand Island and Kearney. Kyla was given the task to create some sample bracelets, business cards and figure out packaging. She was shown a previous bracelet with beads and a forget-me-not flower charm on it. Purple is the signature color for Alzheimer’s. Other than the color purple, Kyla was given free rein with the design and price range.
After some research she decided to design these sample bracelets with the gemstone, Amethyst. Amethyst is a stone of the mind; it brings calmness and clarity; it helps you to get in touch with your intuition, your feelings, your spirituality and your values and dreams. It’s a healing stone that brings peace and happiness – all of these qualities and effects are sought after by the person afflicted with Alzheimer’s.
Completing the review and selection process, the bracelet selected will be Amethyst chips on memory wire with a forget-me-not flower charm. Supplies are ordered and the process has begun. Stacy Glock, team leader from Grand Island, already stopped by and picked up 20 bracelets last week and excitedly shared she has many more sold. These bracelets will be sold for $21.40 with tax included.
The first Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Nebraska will be in Grand Island on August 4th. At this walk, it is requested to have 100 bracelets available to sell. If our volunteers are unable to complete enough in time, the personnel will take orders. Beads in a Box will also be providing a signature, one-of-a-kind gemstone set to be raffled off at this event, too.
The second Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Nebraska will be in Kearney on September 8th. We are shooting for the same numbers to be completed and will also provide a raffle piece.
We are excited to see how these bracelets go over. If they are successful, plans are underway to offer them in other states besides Nebraska! Now the task at hand is to rally the volunteers and have a beading party in honor of the Alzheimer’s Association. If you’d like to join us for our stringing party, give us a call at 308-440-0153!

Toodles for now!
                            Kyla