CrossCheck, Inc. & Optio Solutions, LLC of Petaluma come together to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association

This past week CrossCheck, Inc. and Optio Solutions, LLC of Petaluma offered their employees a "dress down day" in support of the Alzheimer's Association.

In order to be eligible for the dress down day benefit, all the employee had to do was go to Chipotle Mexican Grill in Petaluma for lunch at any point during the day. Chipotle was having a "Dine & Donate" where 50% of the proceeds were going to support the Alzheimer's Association that day.

22 employees took advantage of the opportunity and were able to raise a sizable sum of money for the Alzheimer's Association.

This was a unique way to raise money for a local cause as the funds will be earmarked for programs through the Alzheimer's Association here in Sonoma County.

If there are other companies in the area that would like to have a similar program at their company, please contact Mike Harris at mike4pet@aol.com and he can arrange to have "Casual for a Cause" stickers delivered to you that you can share with your employees and support the cause.

More information about the Alzheimer's Disease:

*Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050.

*It’s the only cause of death in the top 10 in America that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed.

*Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

*One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.

*Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States.

*There are more than 15.9 million caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias in the United States.