We're serving up more than just breakfast at The Sun Times News networking event - "Up With The Sun!" This isn't your average morning meal. It's a social extravaganza with a dash of humor and a whole lot of heart!
Here's the scoop: 🍵 Sip on some steaming hot coffee. 🤝 Mix and mingle with new folks (and maybe even find your new BFF!). 😂 Share a few laughs 🏢 Discover the incredible work of a non-profit that's making a difference. 🍽️ Feast on a breakfast that'll make your taste buds do a happy dance.
And the best part? It's a steal at just $10! All proceeds go towards supporting the fantastic cause of Dementia Friendly Saline, so you can feel good about indulging in breakfast delights.
But here's the catch - breakfast is first come, first served. Don't worry, though; we promise nobody leaves hungry! 🥞
Event Details: 📅 Date: Friday, September 29th 🕒 Time: 7-10 AM 🏨 Venue: Holiday Inn Express on Zeeb Road 🍽️ Breakfast: First come, first served!
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Our Non-Profit
Dementia Friendly Saline began in 2019 as a grassroots initiative intended to make Saline a safe, welcoming and respectful place for persons living with dementia and their care partners.
In 2023, almost seven million people are living with some form of dementia, and it is estimated that as many as 70% of them live in their own homes and shop, dine, and bank out in the community. Yet there is a real lack of awareness and education about dementia, which makes navigating the world with dementia a lot harder. If Dementia Friendly Saline can ease that journey for even one person, then we’ve achieved our goal.
Our three main offerings at this time are the twice-monthly "Come As You Are" Memory Café, the monthly Dementia Friendly Day at the Movies, and the free Dementia Friendly educational workshops. (Link each page) We would love to see you there, or to create an informational workshop tailored to your business or organization. Contact us today for more information.
Dementia Friendly Saline is not alone! Check out dfamerica.org.
Our Speaker
Jim Mangi
Founder, Director, & Care Partner
Jim's 35-year first career as founder and owner of a successful nationwide consulting firm in no way prepared him for his second, and far more important, career as caregiver for his wife, who has been living with Younger Onset Alzheimer’s since 2008.
Jim is an active volunteer educator for Alzheimer’s Association, teaching classes on dementia and caregiving topics to diverse groups around Michigan. He developed and led the 12-week In This Together-Dementia Awareness lecture series at Holy Faith Church in 2019, which led him and friends to set up Dementia Friendly Saline, which led to Saline being the only nationally ecognized Dementia Friendly Community in Michigan with a trained and committed dementia friendly city government.
Since then, his diverse dementia awareness and activism efforts - inspired, as he says, by his wife's grace on her journey in dementia - have been recognized by The Alzheimer's Association (Volunteer of the Year), Detroit's Hannan Center (Changemaker Award), Saline Chamber of Commerce (Visionary of the Year) and Leading Age Michigan (Volunteer of the Year). Confronted with the evidence, Jim says he is grateful for the ability to be of some help to at least a few people.
Our Sponsor
Chuck Colby
Publisher
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