Join Us for the ARTCF Charity Golf Classic
Amanda Shaw | Director of Marketing, ARTA
Golf is a wonderful way to connect with people and make new friends.
It’s a great game to play regardless of experience level, and this year,
it’s a great way to make a difference in the lives of seniors in Alberta.
ARTA’s annual golf tournament
— the ARTCF Charity Golf Classic
— will be hosted by the Alberta
Retired Teachers Charitable
Foundation on June 11, 2020, at
the Ponoka Golf Club in central
Alberta. Proceeds raised will be
used by the foundation to support
charitable organizations that
are making a diff erence in the
areas of housing, health care, and
English as a second language.
Support of the ARTCF allows
for success stories like the
following from the Alzheimer
Society of Calgary.
ARTCF Charity
Golf Classic
June 11, 2020
Ponoka Golf Club
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Education Was the
Turning Point for Local
Caregiver, Sandra
Sandra was the primary
caregiver for three people: her
mother and her father, both
living with dementia, and her
sister-in-law, who was living
with young-onset Alzheimer’s
disease.
Recently
R
ecentlly retired,
retiired
d, Sandra
S and
dra had
h ad
d
fallen into the role of caregiver
for all three family members and
was struggling to cope with her
new role.
One afternoon Sandra saw an
ad at the library for an education
session being off ered by the
Alzheimer Society of Calgary.
She decided to attend. As she
listened to the speaker, she felt
a huge
hu ge wave
w av
avee of relief
r el
elie
ieff sweep
swee
sw
eep
p over
ov er
her. So many of her questions
were being answered. Looking
around the room, she realized
there were many other people
in a similar situation. She
was not alone.
At the end of the session,
she approached an
Alzheimer Society of Calgary
staff member. As they chatted,
Sandra learned that there were
more resources available to her.
Before long, she was connected
with a peer support group where
she met other caregivers who
shared useful strategies and
ideas.
“Each family seems to have
t their
th
e r own
ei
ow tips
t ps and
ti
a nd
d tricks,
t rick
c s, and
a nd
d
hearing those can be really
benefi cial,” says Sandra.
When it was time to move
her parents into care, Sandra
once again connected with the
Alzheimer Society of Calgary.
As a result, she was able to work
successfully with the care facility
to move her parents into rooms
on the same fl oor, with her sister-
in-law moving into the same
building.
b uil
ildi
ding.
The Alberta Retired Teachers
Charitable Foundation is proud
to support the Alzheimer Society
of Calgary as they provide these
education sessions, which help
to ensure local caregivers like
Sandra can access the knowledge
and tools they need to cope.
If you would like to make a diff erence
in the lives of seniors in Alberta, join
us on June 11 for a day of golf, including
breakfast, BBQ dinner, and on-course
activities. We look forward to the continued success of the foundation
through a fun and sociable day on the course!
For more information and to register as an individual or a team in
the golf tournament, please visit artaevents.net/golf. ●