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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL: Day Program Celebrates “The Big Game”

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The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens meet Sunday in the Super Bowl. To celebrate the America’s biggest unofficial holiday, the Kirkpatrick Day Program had a day of football-themed activities.

DSC05852Designed by program aide Mary Daley (pictured above with a participant and another aide, Jay Gables), all of the day’s events revolved around football, from trivia to word games to a special football game designed by Mary to decorations throughout the program. Mary and her husband built a goal post from PVC plumbing pipe and used it as part of a football toss game with the participants.

Even today’s snack had a football party theme: pretzels and beer…root beer, that is.

The celebration culminated with a drawing for a football signed by coaches and players from the Syracuse University football team. It was won by Eilene O’Connor (pictured below with Mary and assistant day program director Amy Gannon), a proud SU alum!

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Cicero’s Cici’s Pizza Hosts Fundraiser

CiCi’s Pizza is famous throughout the United States for its all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta, salad and dessert buffet.

On August 6, the CiCi’s location in Cicero, N.Y. will host a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association! Just mention the Alzheimer’s Association when you check out or bring our flier and CiCi’s will donate 10 percent of your bill to the Kirkpatrick Day Program‘s Walk To End Alzheimer’s team!

And, don’t forget to RSVP on our Facebook event and share it with your friends!

How we communicate

Chapter CEO Cathy James tells a story about when she first started with the Chapter in 1996. Waaaaaaaay back then, the Chapter had only one computer and it was in the finance department. Today, we have desktop and laptop computers assigned to each staff.

We’re taking another step into 21st century. Next month, we will change over to a Fax-to-PC program that will result in a huge cost savings to the Chapter. Instead of having a fax machine and costly phone line at each office, incoming and outgoing faxes will go to a server and be distributed by email. As a result, the numbers you use to fax the Chapter will change.

Beginning July 2, you can fax us at either (315) 472-4202 or (607) 785-3781. The numbers you currently use to fax us will no longer be in service after July 2.

Chapter offices closed on Friday

The Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter staff will gather for a full-day retreat on Friday, June 15. As a result, our offices in Syracuse, Endicott and Utica, and the Kirkpatrick Day Program will be closed for the day.

Our 24-hour Helpline remains available for those seeking answers and support. It can be reached by calling any of our offices and pressing the 3 key, or calling 800-272-3900.

Thursday’s West Kirkpatrick Street Update

Today’s action is taking place across the street. As pictured, crews are pouring concrete for sidewalks that will run along the north side of the street.

The road has been milled so it is very rough. Manhole covers are raised, so care should be taken when driving down the street. We anticipate paving to take place sometime within the next week. Stay tuned for details and remember to take care when driving down West Kirkpatrick Street.

 

Monday’s West Kirkpatrick Street Update

As you can see in the photo to the right, the steel plates connecting our parking lot to the street are gone. Crews have filled the small trenches where the curbs now sit, bridging the gap and restoring full access to the street.

Of course, that means its time for the project to get serious. City paving crews have finished milling the road and removing the old pavement. The street is rough and we urge extra caution when driving down it. Paving is expected to start this week, though we have not received a confirmed plan of attack. Stay tuned for updates.

Tuesday West Kirkpatrick Street Update

Things are back to normal…mostly.

It’s a rainy Tuesday morning in Syracuse. Roadwork is minimal, but we got good news yesterday when the construction crew placed two large steel plates at the entrance to the Kirkpatrick Day Program. This means that the “horseshoe” driveway to the day program is reopen for pickups and dropoffs.

It also means that our parking lot is available for staff and visitors.

We expect to close the horseshoe and parking lot again some time in the future when paving begins, but until then you can resume your normal entry and exit to our building.