Memory Walk

This year, I am participating in my 5th Athens Memory Walk in order to raise money for Alzheimer's research. I am including a link to my personal page as well as a copy of the email I sent out to raise support. Any support is greatly appreciated; this is such an important cause.

The Link to My Page:
http://memorywalk09.kintera.org/athens/katherinelacy


Copy of the support Email:

Dear family and friends,

Once again the time has come for me to send you an email about the dire need to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Although my time as an active member of Sigma Kappa has ended, my dedication to this cause has not. This year, on October 17th, I will once again be participating in the Athens Memory Walk. This will be my 5th (and let's hope LAST) fall in Athens and I simply could not miss out on the opportunity to once again participate in such a wonderful event and to do my part to spread awareness about this disease. This years 3-mile walk/run hosted by the Alzheimer's Association will take place on October 17th at Southeast Clarke Park.

Alzheimer's Disease isn't something most people think about on a daily basis. Most people, especially those who are my age, think of Alzheimer's as "an old person's disease" and give it very little thought past that. What most people don't know however is that there are currently 5.3 million Americans living with Alzheimer's. And what's more, there are 78 MILLION baby boomers approaching the age of greatest risk for developing this fatal disease. There is NO cure. The time to act is NOW.

The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The funds I raise will go directly toward supporting their efforts. Over the past 4 years I have raised over $5,000.00, all of which went directly to support of those living with Alzheimer's, awareness about the disease, and most importantly research for a cure. My part is easy, I get up early one Saturday and get to run 3 miles with 100 other people who are as devoted to ending this disease as I am. But without you, all the miles mean nothing. I need your help. We need a cure.

I know that times are tough and purse strings are tight, but I remain optimistic that people will donate any amount of money - no amount is too small - to sponsor me this year. Alzheimer's awareness is very important to me and I wouldn't ask for your help if I wasn't desperate for cure. I don't want anymore American's to have to deal with the heartbreak of being unrecognizable by their own parent. I want to live in a world that is Alzheimer's free.

If you would like to donate as one of my sponsors please click the link below to donate online. If you are not comfortable with online donation please feel free to send a check made out to Alzheimer's Association to

Katherine Lacy

230 Katydid Dr.

Athens, Ga 30601

The link to my page is:

http://memorywalk09.kintera.org/athens/katherinelacy

Please note that all donations are tax deductible.

Also, if you find yourself unable to make a donation I ask that you would pledge to pray for me, as well as all the other runners, and for the doctors who are searching tirelessly for a cure.

Thank you in advance.

Katherine Lacy

Some Sad News

The mother of one of my high school friends died on Saturday. She had been sick for a long time but still, I'm not sure you can really be "prepared" for someone to die. Mrs Izlar was really wonderful and I loved going to their house when we were in high school and sitting in the kitchen chatting with her. She always told us how much she loved having us over because she had 3 boys and never got to just chat with girls. The Izlars are such a great family and Mrs Izlar truly did an exceptional job raising 2 of the most Godly men I know. Keep their family in your prayers.

Tests are starting!

Week 3 of year 5 started today. It's been rainy up here all day which is no fun but I guess it has been okay because I have had a lot of work to do and I haven't been distracted by wanting to go outside and play. My classes are going pretty well. Strangely, I feel like last semester was the first time I started to "get" college. Due to switching my major so late I felt sort of lost and like I was always struggling to catch up, but now that I am knee deep in the psychology program I am so happy and comfortable. This semester I am taking Careers in Social Work, Advanced Statistics for Social Sciences, Geology - with a focus on the Mesozoic Period and Dinosaurs, Social Psychology, and Consumer Economics. They are all pretty interesting. There is one teacher I don't like, but I guess that one out of 6 isn't terrible.

Day 1

First day of my last year! I came up yesterday and attempted to get settled into my house but everything is so chaotic that I got a little overwhelmed. Currently all of my belongings are in huge black hefty bags all over my bedroom. Not to mention half the stuff in my room actually needs to go to Atlanta. Thankfully my mom is coming up today to help me out and to take some of the excess clutter home so hopefully that will create a little more room for me to store the things I actually need here. I have social work and psychology today. Getting pretty excited!

The start of something great

While I was in Memphis this summer I decided to keep a blog about the experience. Admittedly I wasn't the most consistent updater ever but never the less it sparked an idea. I always talk about how I am going to journal daily so that I can go back years later and remember all the fun I had in college, but somehow by the end of the day it seems to slip my mind. I am hopeful that perhaps by doing it online I will be more consistent with updates. Not to mention it is about a million times faster for me to type something than it is for me to hand write it out (thank you elementary school typing courses). So I guess I'll see how it goes but my plan is to keep a blog journal about my last year at UGA. I hear that 5th year of college is the best. I guess we'll find out.
I'm going up to Athens on Saturday and school starts on Monday. Rush started today. I cannot explain how happy I am to not be doing rush right now. Like WOW - so happy! I love SK and all but there are few things I can think of that I hate more than sorority recruitment.
Until next time,
Live the dream