Coffee Break®
Coffee Break® is our major annual fundraiser where friends, co-workers and customers gather in communities across Ontario to raise funds for their local Alzheimer Society.
For more information about how to host - Click here.
If you want a few ideas about what that might look lick - Click here.
If you would like to download event materials - Click here.
To help promote Coffee Break in your community - Click here.
To register online, click this big blue button below.
Connect with Each Other, Connect with Community
Covid-19 has kept many of us apart - especially people living with dementia and those who care for them. Coffee Break® can help re-establish some of those connections either through community events or by funding vital programs and services in Grey-Bruce.
Each year more than 120 groups hold events to support local families living with dementia. This year those events look and feel different but they are still bringing folks together in a safe and secure way.
All funds raised stay in Grey-Bruce to support more than 1,000 local families living with dementia. Your fundraising will help provide the supplies and services that are critical during Covid-19.
How to host a Coffee Break
View or download this PDF to get some easy tips for hosting your own Coffee Break.
Coffee Break ideas
View or download this PDF to get some ideas for safe and fun Coffee Break activities.
If you would like a custom online fundraising page set up for you or have questions about hosting a Coffee Break event, please contact the Alzheimer Society at (519) 376 7230 or email [email protected].
Kit and materials
Standard Coffee Break Kit Materials
- Introduction Letter
- How to Host Information
- Event Ideas
- Poster
- Newsletter Sign up Form
- Tax Receipt Form
Social Media Images
- I'm Hosting Coffee Break Post for Facebook
- Join us Tomorrow Coffee Break Post for Facebook
- Donate Online Coffee Break Post for Facebook
- Thank You Coffee Break Post for Facebook
- We're Hosting Downward Dog for Dementia Facebook Post
- Benefits of Yoga Downward Dog for Dementia Facebook Post
- Donate Online Downward Dog for Dementia Facebook Post
- I'm Hosting Dough for Dementia Facebook Post
- Join us Tomorrow Dough for Dementia Facebook Post
- Thank You Dough for Dementia Facebook Post
- Dough-nate online Dough for Dementia Facebook Post
- I'm Hosting Coffee Break Post for Instagram
- Join us Tomorrow Coffee Break Post for Instagram
- Donate Online Coffee Break Post for Instagram
- Thank You Coffee Break Post for Instagram
- We're Hosting Downward Dog for Dementia Instagram Post
- Benefits of Yoga Downward Dog for Dementia Instagram Post
- Donate Online Downward Dog for Dementia Instagram Post
- I'm Hosting Dough for Dementia Instagram Post
- Joins us Tomorrow Dough for Dementia Instagram Post
- Thank You Dough for Dementia Instagram Post
- Dough-nate online Dough for Dementia Instagram Post
Coffee Break Hall of Fame
Coffee Break has more than two decades of history and accomplishment. We have seen some incredible fundraising and would like to thank everyone who has ever taken part no matter how large or how small. Combined these events have raised more than $520,000 since 1996.
When organizations or individuals start topping huge totals it’s worth recognizing. These five groups have shown tremendous leadership in the community. Their efforts, and the efforts of all our Coffee Break hosts, have raised a staggering amount of money and made an immeasurable impact in breaking the social stigmas associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Coffee Break – Top 5 All Time Fundraisers
| Giant Tiger (Owen Sound) | $21, 520.66 |
| Hannah Walker / John Joseph Place | $18, 572.84 |
| Bulk Barn (Owen Sound) | $15,031.38 |
| Canadian Tire (Owen Sound) | $13, 553.99 |
| Harbor Front Condominiums | $12, 322.10 |