Step 1: Set Goals Number of Team Members ______ FUNdraising goal for your team $ ______ Strive to have each member of your team raise $200.

Step 2: Register your Team & Team Members Go to alzTennessee.org/KnoxWalk (or use brochure) Each Team Member must have a unique email address and new password.

Step 3: Recruit Team Members Recruit family, friends, co-workers and neighbors for your team. Ask every team member to recruit, too.

Step 4: FUNdraise Share your enthusiasm with your team as you strive toward your fundraising goal. Organize Team FUNdraisers. Encourage members to write personal letters, emails and social media posts.

Step 5: Have Fun at the Walk!

Where can you find team members? 1. Send an e-mail or letters. Invite Facebook friends and share your team url. 2. Mention it to a friend, family member, or co-worker the next time you chat. 3. Ask employees at a favorite restaurant or a shop you visit often. 4. Ask your doctor, dentist, lawyer, barber, hairdresser, or manicurist. 5. Ask others at your place of worship.

Make Alzheimer’s a Memory

Team Captain’s Guide

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Teams are the heart of the

Alzheimer’s Tennessee WALK success. Families, businesses, churches, organizations, and school groups build teams to honor those who have been touched by Alzheimer’s.

Team captains and co-captains are the volunteer leaders who build excitement and lead teams meet fundraising goals. They motivate and encourage co-workers, friends, and family to join their team. Team Captains also act as key liaisons between their team and Alzheimer’s Tennessee, Inc.

Team members make a difference

by asking their colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances to sponsor them with a donation to the cause.

Alzheimer’s Tennessee, Inc. is an

independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit

organization founded in 1983.

Proceeds benefit...

walk with a purpose

“I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's .” - Ray Dedrick, Team Ray “I WALK for my Grams who is living with Alzheimer’s.” - Madison Wright, The Pointe Pack “I WALK to support those who have Alzheimer’s AND their caregivers” - Jeanie Vivyan, The Flockers “I lost my Mom to Alzheimer’s when she was only 57 years old.” - Linda Vineyard, HISC Purple Power “I WALK for my Great-Grandma and for a cure” - Kaila Claiborne, Team Sigma Kappa “I WALK in memory of my Granny - Herbanna Dickinson, Smoky Mountain Hospice

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TIP: Kick Off Your Team

Host a party with refreshments. Share pictures of loved ones or of past walks. Invite a caregiver to speak. Ask for completed

registration forms at the end.

FUNdraising & TEAMbuilding Tools

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Breakfast, Bake Sale or Pizza Party Charge by the plate or slice!

Cakewalk

Coffee Bar Offer a selection of flavored coffees and add-ins (syrups, whipped cream, spices)

Executive Race/Pie in the Face Executives or managers raise funds to avoid a pie in the face. Plus charge spectators to watch the fun!

Favors for a Fee Offer to run errands for co-workers or friends for a donation. Circulate or post a sign-up sheet and price list.

Easter Dinner or Supper for Sale! Prepare casseroles in aluminum pans and freeze. Sell the meals in advance or on advertised day.

Purple Ribbons Sell purple ribbons for $1 to tie onto trees, mailboxes, or front doors, or even to wear! Or tie them all onto a single tree outside a business to raise spirit and awareness.

Tackle Alzheimer’s Tailgate Don’t forget to wear purple and orange!

Live or Silent Auction

Tasters Lunch Team members bring prepared dishes and charge for lunch. Have a contest for the favorite! If it’s a hit, pick a theme for round two (ie Mexican or Italian).

Parking Perk Auction off a prime park-ing spot for a week.

Techie Friend Will tech-savy, IT person, or youth donate their time (and hourly fee) to help with personal phone questions?

Spaghetti Dinner, Chili Cook-Off, Baked Potato Bar

Desserts for a Year Club! Who bakes on your team? Create a calen-dar with monthly desserts (ie chocolate cake, dozen cookies, pie, banana pudding). Pass around a pre-order list each month—or see who will join the Club to take home a dessert every month!

Your Ideas: __________________________________________

______________________________________________________

TIP: Challenge!

Challenge another friend, church, department or

company. Friendly competition drives

everyone to reach higher!

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SET UP: Location: ____________________________

(Around the office, UT Campus, Schools, Businesses, Senior Communities)

Make Clues & Include a Statistic or Fact: Join us at the Alzheimer’s Tennessee walk on ________. Someone new is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s every 66 seconds. More than 110,000 Tennesseans are living with a form of

dementia – enough to fill the seats of Neyland Stadium 1 in 7 American workers are caregivers for someone with

dementia. Alzheimer’s takes an emotional toll. It’s financial costs total

$109 billion annually in the U.S.

THE HUNT: Participants donate $6-$10 to enter. They get to keep

the key chain (awarded with the first or last clue) Hunt could be ongoing (ie leave it set up for a week) Combine with Easter Hunts

FINISHERS: Enter finishers into drawing for donated prizes Finishers must take photo and share it on social

media with #Key2AlzCure to qualify for prizes.

Key to the Cure Scavenger Hunts

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Sure you can pedal socks, but let’s go one step further ... Host your own #SockOutAlz Days. Get Spotted one time

and Checked the next. Sock Hop. Go old school! Mystery Socks Take pictures of people in their socks.

Don’t show their faces but do give hints to their identities. Share one pair/week with those who donate to enter, and award the winner with the most correct guesses.

Sock Puppet Show Get silly! Traveling Socks Sell socks to supporters far and wide. Then

ask them to share pictures with them on in unique places. Who

wins for the coolest spot? And who enters & wins for guessing the most

locations? How Spotted Can YOU Go? &

Check This Out! Fashion show or “costume contest” featuring most creative outfits with spots or checks.

Wait! More Ways to

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Planning & Publicizing Your Walk FUNdraisers

Who is your audience? Keep them in mind when choosing a location as well as the date and time.

What’s the best day and time of day for your attendees?

Are you competing with another big event or holiday?

Would you benefit from planning your fundraiser to coincide with another event?

Spread the Word:

Write it up, but be brief. Answer these questions about the event: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

What is new or unique? Is there a personal story?

Publicize your event with the help of the following: Community newspapers Newsletters (company, church, school) Posters at area businesses Flyers Emails & Phone calls Social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)

How Alzheimer’s Tennessee Can Help

Alzheimer’s Tennessee reaches

out to families in need,

educates the public, and

promotes/plans the WALK itself.

We also do our best to help

more than 300 teams FUNdraise!

Feature Your Fundraisers via our

E-mails to supporters & WALkers

(Submit details by 15th & 30th)

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/AlzTN

Team Captain Corner on WALK

registration websites—send us a

flyer, and we will post details!

TIP: Make it Personal

Dedicate your Team to a person or family living with Alzheimer’s or in memory

of someone. Choose someone your teammates

know and profile them.

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Take a Team Photo at the WALK! Sign up before the WALK for your TEAM photo time so members know when to meet!

Certificates of Dedication to complete & take with you to show a caregiver you walked for them or a loved one.

Bring a loved one’s photo* for “Faces of Alzheimer's” *Please write the name of the individual and yours on the back of the photo. Since this is a permanent tribute, photos cannot be returned.

Ways to WALK & Remember

Team T-shirt Design

JUDGING CRITERIA* WEIGHT

Meaningful & Effective Communication of

Alzheimer’s Tennessee Mission: To serve those facing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, to promote brain health through education, and to champion global, research prevention and treatment efforts. Please be sure to use our correct name:

Alzheimer’s Tennessee

50%

Originality/Creativity (unique concept) 20%

Displays and encourages team spirit 10%

Visibility (eye-catching and visible from a

reasonable distance) 10%

Overall Appeal & Use of signature colors: purple & orange

10%

Make sure your Team T-shirt has been judged by 10:30am!

Team T-shirt Contest at Team Photo Area

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Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. It is a progressive disease of the brain for which there is no cure. It is not un-common to occasionally forget things or lose items, but when memory problems get in the way of everyday living, reach out to Alzheimer’s Tennessee for more information or see your doctor.

One in 10 people over age 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, and nearly half of those age 85 and older may have the disease (CDC).

It is estimated an American is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s nearly every minute.

Now, more than ever, there is a need to provide education, services and support for those afflicted with this incurable, terminal illness that steals both memory and dignity.

Here for YOU Helpline: Locally-staffed Helpline provides support, information,

and referrals by phone.

Support Groups: Meetings with Alzheimer’s Tennessee partners

in your community are designed for family members, caregivers and

individuals coping with Alzheimer’s and are facilitated by trained

volunteers who receive monthly materials.

Education: for family and professional caregivers as well as

healthcare professionals.

Advocacy: Alzheimer’s Tennessee plays an active role in ensuring

local, state and national legislators pursue policies and programs to

protect families and provide needed assistance.

Financial Assistance: With the support of generous donors,

Alzheimer’s Tennessee offers “scholarships” to individuals living

with Alzheimer’s and their care partners based on financial need .

Research: Alzheimer’s Tennessee is committed to research efforts

to find a cure for Alzheimer’s

disease. Strategies are being developed by

Alzheimer’s Tennessee to promote the

most promising research in the field.

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FAQ Q: How do I earn an Alzheimer’s Tennessee WALK t-shirt & incentives? A: To be guaranteed a t-shirt, you must pre-register by the deadline and

raise $50 or more. Additional incentives are awarded to WALKers who raise $100 or more and $200+.

Q: Does every team member have to register?

A: Yes, every walker must complete a registration form. Walkers may register online or by using the paper form found in the brochure. Note: If you wait to register at the WALK, you may increase your time at the registration table and will not be guaranteed a t-shirt.

Q: How do I turn in money?

A: Any time you turn in team or walker money, a contribution form should accompany your donation. This form is found in the Alzheimer’s WALK brochure. You can duplicate this form if needed. Checks should be made payable to Alzheimer’s Tennessee.

Q: Why should I keep track of my team members’ individual contributions? A: It’s important how you turn in your contributions. If you lump all of

your money together as a team, team members may not receive the incentive items for which they are individually eligible. You may choose to divide funds raised together and complete a contribution form for each team member designating the appropriate amount. Ultimately your team will also receive credit in your final team total.

Q: How do I volunteer on the day of the Alzheimer’s WALK? A: Register online or fill out a form and select which “jobs” interest you

most by the pre-registration deadline to receive a volunteer t-shirt. Volunteers will hear from Alzheimer’s Tennessee the week before the walk with “assignments” for the day of the event.

Eastern Tennessee 5801 Kingston Pike, Ste 102

Knoxville, TN 37919 Phone: 865.544.6288

Cumberlands 1459 Interstate Dr., Ste 211

Cookeville, TN 38501 Phone: 931.526.8010

Northeast Tennessee 2319 Browns Mill Rd, Ste D6 Johnson City, TN 37604

Phone: 423.330.4532

Middle Tennessee 4235 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215 Phone: 615.580.4244

Alzheimer’s Tennessee Main Office 5801 Kingston Pike, Suite 101, Knoxville TN, 37919