DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE | CYCLING WITHOUTH AGE
Elkhorn, WI
Website | Phone: (262) 320-7325
Mission
Our mission for the Dementia Friendly Community Initiative is to train individuals how to work with people with Alzheimer's and dementia to ease the stigma the disease carries. To that end we have trained over 7,000 individuals and 70 businesses in how to avoid creating crisis situations. We have trained first responders, city hall employees, churches, civic groups and businesses in Lake Geneva. With our Cycling Without Age program, we built more than one program. What we have built is a solution to invisibility, a solution to isolation, a solution to the quiet heartbreak that happens when someone living with dementia begins to disappear from public life. When you choose a charity to support you are saying “This aligns with my values”, “This strengthens my community, “This leaves a legacy.” This does all 3!
Community Resources
For the past 5 years we have provided our program to facilities in Lake Geneva. When we started out we brought 2 bikes to one location. We have now grown and have 7 bikes and are able to bring 4 bikes at a time . This year we are adding a bike that will allow us to give rides to those that cannot transfer from their wheelchairs by rolling the wheelchair onto our bike. Impact looks like a former business owner riding past the storefront they built 40 years and remembering who they were. Impact looks like a teacher smiling as children wave to her as they ride past a school. That is measurable impact!
Most Urgent Need
Our most urgent need at this time is obtaining indoor secure storage space for our newest addition of a trailer and 2 bikes
