Hello, hope all is well!
Thank you for reading my campaign! I appreciate you! My name is Angela V. McKnight, I am the founder and CEO of AngelaCARES. I started AngelaCARES in 2011 as I cared from my Mom and Granny (they are now my angels in Heaven). While caring for the both, I saw the void in senior care, so I ACT. I left my corporate job and have been running AngelaCARES nonstop! It is now 2019 and we are gearing up for our 8th Annual Senior Citizens Prom. The seniors look forward to attending the prom every year. As soon as the prom is over, they began to get ready for the next year! This is one of the biggest events that AngelaCARES does throughout the year. Please look at our website www.angelacares.org and go onto our Facebook page Facebook.com/AngelaCARES and see all the amazing things that we do from case management, health and wellness, education, intergenerational programming, mentoring, giving out diapers to children and depends to seniors, workshop, giving out clothes to the community and so much more!
I am asking for your help. Can you Sponsor a Senior to attend
AngelaCARES’ 8th Annual Senior Citizens Prom? Your sponsorship costs
$40, yes $40 for a senior citizen to attend the prom!
We are having a prom for 400 seniors to attend!
Providing an opportunity for our seniors to get out of the
house, socialize with others, and enjoy themselves is essential to
helping them maintain a healthy lifestyle and live life to the
fullest. Unfortunately, as seniors aged, the lack of socialization
comes into play. The two most pressing obstructions seniors are met
with when trying to maintain a healthy social life, are availability
and accessibility. How many events do you know of that are planned for
your Senior Loved One? AngelaCARES Inc. challenges these obstructions
by hosting social events. This year, we are hosting our 8th Annual
Senior Citizen Prom to take place at Saint Peter’s University Mac
Mahon Student Union Building, 47 Glenwood Avenue, Jersey City, NJ,
Friday, May 24, 2019 from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
The world we live in today provides us with various ways to
extend our lives, from the food we eat, to the growth of science. They
say 60 is the new 50 and it’s true, humans are living longer than they
used to. Rush University Medical Center states:
“Social activity has long been recognized as an essential
component of healthy aging, but now we have strong evidence that it is
also related to better everyday functioning and less disability in old
age,” said lead researcher Bryan James, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in
the epidemiology of aging and dementia in the Rush Alzheimer's Disease
Center. “The findings are exciting because social activity is
potentially a risk factor that can be modified to help older adults
avoid the burdens of disability.”
Our prom allows seniors to socialize, get dressed, get out of
the house and DANCE!!!!!
Your name will be displayed (if you like) during the night, so
that the seniors know that you helped make their prom night special!
Can you please share my campaign to spread awareness? Thank you in advance!
Forever care,
Angela
