When Anneliese Riek talks about her three sons, her face lights up.

鈥淚 have good boys,鈥� smiled Anneliese.

鈥淚鈥檓 very lucky,鈥� the proud mom told the 91原创 Advance Times on Saturday, May 27, while she was enjoying the warm weather outdoors with her oldest son, David, at The Village 91原创. The residence for people with Alzheimers and memory issues provides intensive support for people with dementia in a gated community with cottages, shops, a cafe, and community centre.

Anneliese, a former Aldergrove resident, who will be 92 in August, was good-humoured about her own memory issues.

鈥淲ho am I? I don鈥檛 know,鈥� she laughed.

鈥淚鈥檓 happy.鈥�

David said his mother is doing well at The Village, where she has lived for three-and-a-half years.

鈥淭he facility is really good,鈥� he commented.

On Saturday, Anneliese looked on as about three dozen of her fellow village residents held their first-ever fundraising walk and raised $401 for the , walking laps with staff and family members through the Brookswood complex.

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The Village 91原创鈥檚 community relations manager Bonnie McDonald was beaming as she watched the walkers and their families smiling and laughing.

鈥淚t鈥檚 going be probably two or three circuits of The Village,鈥� McDonald explained.

鈥淭his is a five-acre property. So it is quite a walk for our villagers.鈥�

鈥滻t鈥檚 our very first walk and we鈥檙e happy that all the families came out to join us,鈥� McDonald added.

鈥淲e鈥檙e going to do this every year because it鈥檚 something near and dear to our heart.鈥�

Victoria Wilson, support and education coordinator with the Alzheimer Society of B.C., said events like The Village 91原创 walk 鈥渞aise awareness for our programs for dementia and research, as well as provide some support to the programs that we offer through the Alzheimer Society of BC.鈥�

Wilson said current estimates place the number of individuals living with dementia in B.C. at 85,000, 鈥渁nd of course, we expect that number to grow as the population continues to age, as well.鈥�

More pictures from the day can be viewed online at the .