Mall Rats

the alzheimer's association hosted a healthy aging expo in the mall today. as the senior relationship manager, it's my responsibility to secure all sponsorships and insure our corporate partners are happy.

i took a break from my role of schmoozing with the sponsors to run around the mall and visit all of the merchants who decided to help us raise awareness but wearing purple, dressing their mannequins in our purple alzheimer's shirts and hosting promotions on purple items in their stores.

if you can't tell...our signature color is purple.

it was a great way for me to step out of my role as an employee of a non-profit. for about a half hour i was not someone who could answer a question or solve a problem, i was simply a really enthusiastic volunteer who was fired up by how many people were excited to be a part of our fight against this devastating disease.

we were almost as high profile as susan g. komen.

almost.