The South Carolina Elks Association recently presented $40,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association South Carolina Chapter.

The funds will help support family members caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.

89,000 South Carolinians have Alzheimer’s, posing a unique challenge to some 309,000 family caregivers in the state.

The SC Elks have supported Alzheimer’s caregivers for the last twenty years, raising funds through their lodges across the state through their State Major Project.

Director Darryl Broome of the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging and Sam Wiley, Vice President of Programs for the Alzheimer’s Association South Carolina Chapter accepted the check August 16.

Funds will be distributed by the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging, which already partners with the Alzheimer’s Association to administer the state-funded Alzheimer’s Caregiver Respite Program.

To learn more about respite care services or other resources available for families facing Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, call 1-800-272-3900 or visit www.alz.org/sc