Help your guests open their hearts and give to the Alzheimer’s Association with these suggestions for parties and events on special celebration days.

How to do it

Party Ideas

1. Dinner party
   Ask your guests to donate what they would have spent on a meal and drinks at a restaurant.
2. Neighborhood block party
   Set up games like cornhole, badminton or volleyball. Collect donations to play or entry fees for teams.
3. Movie night
   Charge "admission" or pass around an empty popcorn tub for donations.
4. Garage sale
   Donate half the proceeds – and let your buyers know it!
5. Clubs
   Collect contributions at a few meetings. Then use half the funds to treat the group and donate the other half.
6. Poker or bridge
   Split the winning pot with the Alzheimer's Association. Maybe the winner will donate back to the cause!

Special days

Guests can make donations by linking to the Alzheimer's Association donate page.

1. Weddings or showers

   • Ask guests to make donations instead of gifts.
   • Donate your flowers to a memory care unit at a local nursing home.
   • Incorporate a service project into your shower or engagement party – volunteer at a local nursing home or make memory books.
   • Link to the donate page on your online registry.

2. Birthdays or anniversaries
   

   • Mark the celebration of someone special in your life with a memorial or tribute donation.
   • Register your party, then e-mail your fundraising Web page link so family and friends can make online donations instead of gifts.

Questions? Contact DIYEvents@alz.org