Quick poster for my friends at Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama for a night golf tournament fund raiser.
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Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama Newsletter Complete!
This newsletter is one that I do only about 2 times each year. It is a pretty good sized newsletter with lots of input, so it takes a while to complete: very pleased with this issue, both design-wise and content-wise. We managed to add in more reference, teaching-oriented information into this issue than ever before (at least since I’ve been doing the newsletter–and that’s been about 5 years).
A Busy Week Last Week
Wow! Last week was about the most hectic I’ve had in a while. Monday and Tuesday started off normally, I guess. Finished up a newsletter for the Sierra Club and got a good bit done on a website for a new client, Aztec Construction. Oh, and I finished a postcard for the Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama’s summer fundraiser, Hot Diamonds in the Summer.
Then, Wednesday, I headed to Gadsden, Alabama for a final meeting with the Lookout Mountain Parkway Association on a corridor management plan we’ve been developing over the past 12 months or so. Got some good press on this one–including a nice long article in the Gadsden Times and some coverage–thankfully not including me–on local Jacksonville, Alabama channel 24. Channel 24 TV video: http://www.tv24.tv/news/?newsID=4959#. Looks like the Gadsden Times really believes in the project, as they ran a Sunday editorial on the Lookout Mountain Parkway.
On the way back from Gadsden, we had a flat tire–I didn’t know if I’d remember how to change a tire. I doubt I’ve done it since I was forced to learn how in high school–a teacher thought that everyone should know how. I was successful, however.
We made it back to Birmingham around 3 p.m. I hurried home, packed a bag and hustled away to Camp McDowell for the 2.5 day Your Town Alabama workshop (see the photos below). As luck would have it, I left all my hanging clothes hanging in our guest bedroom, so I stopped in Jasper to buy new shirts–at the tractor supply store because they had a sign for Carhartt clothes. Good deals on 4 shirts. I took about 450 photos over the course of 2 days.
To cap off a busy week of being in front of people, I got a copy of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s quarterly newsletter, ACTION, that has an article I wrote on scenic byways. I’ve copied the article and added it to my Your Town Alabama blog.
Another Newsletter–Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama
Just wrapped up a newsletter for ALZCA. I’ve been doing their newsletter for about 4 years now, and have always wanted to redesign it–I picked it up from their previous designer who moved away. I’ve made small changes to the newsletter each issue, but haven’t ever done a redesign on it until now. I think it turned out pretty good. Clean, simple, and easy to read with ample white space and useful information.
Vance Holder and I spent several weeks working on this–glad to finally get it ready to go to press. You can access the full newsletter as a pdf here:
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ACA Calendar: A Last Minute Christmas Idea
Here’s an idea for a last minute Christmas gift, and one that really can make a difference. Give someone a calendar for 2008 from Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama. Okay, it’s a plug for something I worked on, but still, pretty worthy when you think about it. The proceeds from the calendar sales go to fund the mission of ACA–which is to help people with Alzheimer’s and the people who care for them. Visit www.alzca.org and you can buy the calendar online (using paypal, so you are safe as can be).
The brightly colored flowers of the cover art were created by 86 year old Dapsie, who was born in Briarwood. Her family of four children, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren tell us that she was a wonderful seamstress and cook. Dapsie, who has lived in Tuscaloosa for over fifty years, is known for having a smile as bright as this artwork and for being very generous with hugs!
All the art is created by Alzheimer’s patients–several area nursing homes have art therapy programs and reportedly the creation of art gives the patients something rewarding to work on and can help them have a more enjoyable life.
Just a thought!