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The incentives to buy a ticket for A Night to Remember presented by Brookdale Senior Living continue to grow.

Alzheimer’s Association, Central New York Chapter staff and volunteers will sell tickets to the event February 11-13 at Sangertown Square. Every ticket purchased for the event — April 9, 2010, from 7-10 p.m., at Valentino’s Banquet Hall in New Hartford — at the mall earns a chance to win limousine transportation to and from the event, courtesy of Adonis-Avanti Transportation.

Tickets are $50 for general admission and $75 for a VIP ticket and can be purchased by phone at 315-617-4025 x117 or online at www.alzcny.org. General admission tickets only are for sale at Curves fitness centers in Herkimer, Little Falls, New Hartford and Utica. Guests who purchase a ticket at a Curves location will receive a free aqua massage from Body Solutions Salon & Spa in Whitesboro.

A Night to Remember is aimed at pampering local women, who sacrifice spending time on themselves as they juggle busy personal, family and professional lives. It features local therapists and aestheticians providing massages, manicures and other services. Businesses, including jewelers, artisans and clothing shops, will display their products to the more than 250 people expected to attend. A new VIP ticket level offers exclusive benefits, including one-hour of early access to exhibitors and activities, a special food and wine pairing and VIP gift. The event is presented by Brookdale Senior Living Clare Bridge Clinton and Villas Sherman Brook. Last year’s event attracted nearly 200 people.

Tickets can be purchased now for A Night to Remember, presented by Brookdale Senior Living. The 2010 event is scheduled for April 9, 2010, from 7-10 p.m., at Valentino’s Banquet Hall in New Hartford.

Tickets are $50 for general admission and $75 for a VIP ticket and can be purchased by phone at 315-617-4025 x117 or online at our secure ticket center. General admission tickets only are for sale at Curves fitness centers in Herkimer, Little Falls, New Hartford and Utica. Guests who purchase a ticket at a Curves location will receive a free aqua massage from Body Solutions Salon & Spa in Whitesboro.

A Night to Remember is aimed at pampering local women, who sacrifice spending time on themselves as they juggle busy personal, family and professional lives. It features local therapists and aestheticians providing massages, manicures and other services. Businesses, including jewelers, artisans and clothing shops, will display their products to the more than 250 people expected to attend. A new VIP ticket level  offers exclusive benefits, including one-hour of early access to exhibitors and activities, a special food and wine pairing and VIP gift. The event is presented by Brookdale Senior Living Clare Bridge Clinton and Villas Sherman Brook. Last year’s event attracted nearly 200 people.

Mohawk Valley Regional Director Julie Darling spoke with Channel 2 today about our own “holiday rush” — families calling our 24-hour Helpline after spending time with their families during a holiday.

Watch it online at NewsChannel2’s website.

It’s been a couple of weeks since we checked in last with our Memory Walk totals. We are pleased to report that we have topped the $328,000 mark as of Tuesday. This is the best Memory Walk season the Central New York Chapter has ever had and the third consecutive year that we’ve broken our own fundraising record. Each individual walk smashed its own records

Mohawk Valley: $43,500
St. Lawrence: $33,300
Jefferson-Lewis: $57,300
Southern Tier: $72,750
Greater Syracuse: $121,500

The hard work of our committees and walkers continues to pay off. We plan to close our online fundraising sites on October 30 at 3 p.m., so get any last minute funds posted so that they will be counted!

Just because walk is over does not mean the money stops coming in. Between matching gifts, mail-in donations and visitors to our website, we continue to raise funds for each and every walk.

Through Noon on Saturday, here is where we stand for each walk:

• Mohawk Valley: $42,940
• St. Lawrence: $33,117
• Jeff-Lewis: $54,512
• Southern Tier: $69,82
• Greater Syracuse: $117,330

All said and done, the Central New York Chapter had its most successful Memory Walk season ever — $317,720.

We will keep updating you over the next couple of weeks on how we stand. Remember, donations dated through October 31 will count towards this year’s walks!

On behalf of the Central New York Chapter staff, we thank each and every one of you for time and support.

The Hamilton College swimming and diving teams did their part in the fight against Alzheimer’s last weekend at the Mohawk Valley Memory Walk. Representatives from the Continentals raised more than $700.

Learn more about their efforts at the college’s website.

Our big day in Utica did not go unnoticed. Take a look at the report on WKTV and the article in the Observer-Dispatch!

More than 340 people turned out to the Masonic Care Community today for Memory Walk 2009, raising $42,800 for the Alzheimer’s Association. Not only did we beat the rain, but we topped last year’s total in the Mohawk Valley by more than $10,000! We hope you followed us on Twitter for updates live from Utica. We’ll continue that at each walk this fall!

Pictured at right is the embodiment of Memory Walk. Team Jessie, led by Letha Palcynski, is represented by SIX generations of family members. Among the many feel good moments at today’s Mohawk Valley walk was meeting the team’s namesake, who is Letha’s sister. Jessie, who has Alzheimer’s, walked with her family today.

Award winners were:

Top Youth Fundraiser: Ashley Taylor, Sito’s Angels, $1,000.

Top Adult Fundraiser: Letha Palcynski, Team Jessie, $5,358.
Top Adult Fundraiser, runner-up: Brian Despins, Sito’s Angels, $4,240.

Top Fundraising Team — Family and Friends: Sito’s Angels, $10,212.
Top Fundraising Team — Healthcare-Related: Brookdale Clare Bridge of Clinton, $1,748.
Top Fundraising Team — Corporate: ACS, $2,222.

We will post additional pictures soon and have updates tomorrow from the St. Lawrence Memory Walk in Canton!

We’re about 42 hours away from the kickoff of our first Memory Walk and the excitement is running through the Chapter office. Boxes are packed, prizes have been delivered and the last details are being checked. Stay tuned to this website and our Twitter feed for regular updates from the walk site. We’ll unveil the final total on the blog and Twitter and keep you posted on the details of the day.

And, there’s still time to get involved in any of our Memory Walks. Head to Memory Walk Central and find the walk nearest you!

A colossal thank you to our volunteers who took time out of their busy schedules last Thursday to join our Mohawk Valley Memory Walk call-a-thon. For three hours last Thursday, chapter staff and volunteers called friends, colleagues and people who have contacted the chapter for assistance and asked them to join Memory Walk. The end result was 12 new teams for the walk, which takes place on September 12 at the Masonic Care Community.

Thank yous go to Greg Jones, Carrie Moulton, Paulette Nickerson and Dan Percy, who burned the phone lines that morning. Thank yous also go to gold sponsor Northland Communications in Utica for hosting us.