Tyler Donaldson spent much of his spring making and shipping maple syrup across North America.
“They ended up going to Texas, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick. Lots of people in Ontario purchased,” said the Wingham syrup maker.
Working out of his kitchen, Donaldson decided to make some maple syrup this year and raise a few bucks for the Alzheimer’s Society in the name of his grandmother and mother, who all lived with dementia. He called the venture “Sweet Memories.”
“My cousins and my aunts and uncles are all affected by each one of them. So, it was cool to have an opportunity to link the two together and honor those people through making donations, kind of in their name,” said the Wingham father.
His friend and former co-worker Laurie Miller, whose father is living with dementia, loved Donaldson’s idea and helped spread the word about it.
So much so that Donaldson …