Introverts Hangout

We will be walking for a great cause and raising funds as a team. This is a great way to support a meaningful cause while also being able to walk the 2 mile course.

Here is the link to sign up and register and also donate too. You can set your own individual goal and also see the team goal I have set for fundraising.

Look for our team name Introverts Hangout and my name will be listed as team captain. Plan to meet up by 8:30 to check in everyone and get ready for the opening festivities.

https://act.alz.org/site/TRR/Walk2026/IL-Illinois/376219349?pg=ptype&fr_id=19600

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Crystal Lake is a community fundraising event held in downtown Crystal Lake to support Alzheimer’s care, research, and awareness. The colored flowers you see at the event—called the Promise Garden—each represent a different personal connection to the disease.

🌿 What the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Crystal Lake is the world’s largest Alzheimer’s awareness and fundraising event, held annually in more than 600 communities. Crystal Lake hosts its walk in the downtown area, typically beginning at 26 N. Williams Street, with festivities starting around 8:00 a.m. and the walk beginning shortly after the opening ceremony at 9:00 a.m.

The event brings together families, caregivers, supporters, and those living with Alzheimer’s to raise funds for research, local support programs, and advocacy. It’s not a race—people of all ages and abilities participate. A key emotional moment of the event is the Promise Garden Ceremony, where participants hold up colored flowers that symbolize their personal reason for walking.

🌸 What the Flower Colors Mean (Promise Garden) Each flower color represents a different relationship to Alzheimer’s:

• Blue — You are living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. This color honors individuals currently facing the disease.

• Purple — You have lost someone to Alzheimer’s. This flower represents remembrance and grief for loved ones who have passed.

• Yellow — You are supporting or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. It symbolizes caregivers and the essential role they play.

• Orange — You support the cause and the vision of a world without Alzheimer’s. This is for advocates who may not have a personal connection but believe in the mission.

• White — Hope for the first survivor of Alzheimer’s. Only one white flower is typically displayed, symbolizing the future goal of a cure.

🌼 Why the Colors Matter The Promise Garden is designed to show the collective strength and diverse experiences of the community. When each color is announced during the ceremony, participants raise their flowers, creating a powerful visual representation of hope, loss, support, and determination.

I have done this walk multiple times and
If you have any questions you can DM
me to find out more info.

Sometimes you wake up and choose productivity. This is not one of those mornings.

Join us at Spunky Dunkers for coffee, donuts, and the comforting realization that absolutely nobody needed us to eat a frosted pastry for breakfast, but we're doing it anyway.

We'll grab some treats, caffeinate ourselves into functioning members of society, and enjoy some casual conversation with fellow introverts. No agenda. No icebreakers. No nutritional judgment.

Come for the sprinkles. Stay because leaving immediately would be socially awkward.

Ever looked at your wallet and thought, "You know what this needs? More uncertainty." Well, you're in luck! Join us or a completely responsible* visit to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, where we'll bravely press buttons, stare intensely at cards, and confidently declare, "The next one is definitely the winner."

Whether you're a slot machine enthusiast, a blackjack strategist, a poker face extraordinaire, or someone who just wants to watch other people make questionable decisions, there's something for everyone.

First time at Rivers?
Sign up for a Rush Rewards card and receive $10 in Free Play (with a minimum $1 machine insert, subject to the casino's current promotion). Congratulations! You're already ahead of most of us.

• Already have a card? Bring it along to earn tier points while convincing yourself that this is "an investment."

Things to remember:

• You must be 21+ with a valid government issued ID.
• Set a budget before you arrive. Future you will appreciate it.
• Gambling is optional. Socializing, people watching, and celebrating someone else's jackpot are all perfectly acceptable activities.
• If you hit the jackpot, we fully expect to hear, "Drinks are on me!"
• If you don't hit the jackpot... there's always the free soda.

*By "responsible," we mean bringing only the amount you're willing to lose and remembering that the house was not built on generosity.

Come for the company. Stay because the slot machine said you're "due."