Kickapoo Creek Winery Hosts Fundraiser for Alzheimer's Association
By: Sophie Nielsen-Kolding WMBD/WYZZ TV
Updated: July 29, 2012
PEORIA COUNTY- The Kickapoo Creek Winery hosted a benefit concert Sunday for the Alzheimer's Association.
Three bands played while visitors kicked back and relaxed with a glass of wine and some food.
The Association is mostly funded through donations. Development Director Jamie Messmore said events like this help the organization stay on it's feet.
"Ten dollars is a small donation as you call it, but all that definitely adds up and is fantastic, and we rely on those donations. With events like this year-round as well and Kickapoo Creek is donating everything to us so that's absolutely fantastic and we certainly value that support from the community," Messmore said.
The Alzheimer's Association hopes to double last year's earnings and raise at least two-thousand dollars. It's the third annual concert.
Three bands played while visitors kicked back and relaxed with a glass of wine and some food.
The Association is mostly funded through donations. Development Director Jamie Messmore said events like this help the organization stay on it's feet.
"Ten dollars is a small donation as you call it, but all that definitely adds up and is fantastic, and we rely on those donations. With events like this year-round as well and Kickapoo Creek is donating everything to us so that's absolutely fantastic and we certainly value that support from the community," Messmore said.
The Alzheimer's Association hopes to double last year's earnings and raise at least two-thousand dollars. It's the third annual concert.
