Creative Croppers is holding an all day scrapbooking crop on September 27th from 10 am to 10 pm at Good Shepherd School in Perryville. I’ve been to these crops before and they are really nice. The $40 crop fee includes snacks, lunch and dinner. The last time I went, the goodie bag more than paid for the crop fee all by itself. (Food and goodie bag contents are usually donated to the crop so that the fee can be donated to the organization the crop is benefiting.)
You get to catch up on that scrapbooking project you haven’t had time for, chat with a bunch of creative ladies (I’ve yet to see a man at a crop, but they’re certainly welcome!) and raise money for Alzheimer’s at the same time.
If you have an American Express card, please vote for the Alzheimer Association project, which is looking for funding for early diagnosis. It is really exciting to see that the Alzheimer’s project made it into the top 25, but now we need to win the funding! If you don’t have a card and you know someone who does, please pass the message on. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s early means that the patient may be able to take drugs to slow the disease’s progress.
Imagine getting ten more years of quality life because a doctor diagnosed Alzheimer’s instead of blowing off symptoms as simple old age. I really can’t emphasize the importance of early detection enough and it will only take about ten minutes if you haven’t already signed up to vote before. If you have signed up, it will be an even quicker process and it doesn’t even cost you anything!
