Founded in 1995 by Roger Ackerman, a Rotarian in Sumter, SC, The CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) is a non-profit grassroots organization that provides “seed” money for cutting edge, high impact research grants to help find a treatment or cure for Alzheimer’s Disease.
Each week at our Rotary meeting, a collection of dollars is made for a raffle to split the pot. fifty percent goes to CART, 25% goes to the lottery winner of that day, the remainder goes to a pot for a winner who draws an ace of spades on any day. Since 2022 more than $12,000 has been sent to CART for their research programs.