Driving Miss Daisy Dives for Dementia!

Last year, Tracey McConnachie - a.k.a. Driving Miss Daisy Nelson West's Dynamo Daisy - undertook a skydive to raise funds for Alzeimers Society Nelson during Alzheimers Awareness month. She raised nearly $2,000. This year she's back - but with 13 more daredevil divers - generous and caring people connected both directly and indirectly to Tracey who are joining in to support this cause that is close to home for many of us; 4 out of 5 New Zealanders know or have known someone living with dementia.

Alzheimers Society Nelson / Tasman offers support, advocacy and education to those with dementia, and to those friends and families affected by it. But it doesn't stop there: 70% of New Zealanders with dementia live in our communities rather than in secure care, and they want to lead full and active lives doing the things they enjoy in their communities, just like all of us - and they need those communities to be safe, welcoming and inclusive.

Driving Miss Daisy Nelson West is proud to be a part of supporting those in our community with Dementia.

The big day is Sunday 19 September. Here are the members of the 'Daisy Diving Squad' who are going above and beyond to help build a dementia-friendly community in Nelson / Tasman;

John Hopkins

Kieran Platt

John McKenzie

Ben Carpenter

Heni Brown

Georgia Berry

Mayur Vaghani

Afwan Shaikh

Carol Jirjees

Dilip Jikadara

Beth Walterfang

Zoe Kim

Patricia Goh

To sponsor their skydive, please place their name at the start of your message so that they can see your support!