Alzheimer's Association seeks volunteers for Forget Me Not Days

The Alzheimer's Association Greater Illinois Chapter is seeking volunteers to participate in the 13th annual Bankers Life and Casualty Company's Forget Me Not Days, Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6. This annual event coincides with Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month.

Established in 2003, Forget Me Not Days benefits Alzheimer's Association chapters nationwide. The fundraiser will bring volunteers as well as Bankers agents and employees to streets and storefronts as a way to raise awareness of and funds for efforts to fight Alzheimer's disease. Bankers has helped raise more than $3.3 million for the Alzheimer's Association through Forget Me Not Days as well as through corporate donations.

Volunteers will work with their local Alzheimer's Association office to learn where they will be stationed, and receive gardening aprons and canisters to collect donations on the day of the event. In exchange for donations, volunteers will hand out specially marked packets of Forget-Me-Not flower seeds, courtesy of Bankers Life. One hundred percent of donations will support Alzheimer's care, support and research.

To learn more or sign up as a volunteer, go to www.alzheimers-illinois.org/tagdays.