“The Walk to End Alzheimer’s provides the opportunity to be with others who are dealing with the disease right here in Shelby County”.
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The walk, according to Amy Johnston, director of Marketing and Communication for The Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter, will have participants from Warner Robins, Macon, Milledgeville, Eatonton, Fort Valley and surrounding areas and will take place at The Retreat at Southern Bridle Farms, 125 S. Langston Circle in Perry.
Sylvia G. Thompson Center was the top fund-raising team at this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, raising more than $9,000.
“You never know what the next day brings”, she said.
“It’s very hard to watch someone not remember your name when you’ve known them your whole life”, she said. The family tried to have people come to the house to help their mother, but she went through a violent stage and would attack the help.
An array of colors flowed around Cascades Park as participants walked their two-mile journey to end Alzheimer’s.
The walk began in Owatonna in 2013.
For more information on Shelby County’s A Walk to End Alzheimer’s, visit the Dayton Chapter’s website at www.act.org.
“The EUREKA Act would spark smart public-private partnerships to leverage America’s best minds with the great work at NIH in a fiscally responsible manner”, said George Vradenburg, Founder and Chairman of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s.
“I was a member of Owatonna in Support of Alzheimer’s”, she said.
Jen Williams moved to Arizona previous year and came back to walk in the event with Colucy.
“We just want to show support”, said Keith Villhauer.
Doris Eckes and her sister Diana Moorman are part of team SanMarTennis- Alligator Point, they traveled from Cincinnati, Ohio to walk here in Tallahassee for their mother who died a year ago .
“We are really excited to have local sponsors this year”, Mauch said.
“We’ve had walks in the rain before and we’ll do it again if we have to”, Mauch said.
More than 300 residents from Sedalia joined the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s® and united in a movement to reclaim the future for millions at the Missouri State Fairgrounds Highway Gardens. A blue flower represented someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia, a purple flower for someone who has lost a loved one to the disease, a yellow flower for someone who is now supporting or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s and an orange flower is for everyone who supports the cause and vision of a world without Alzheimer’s.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, someone in the USA develops Alzheimer’s, every 67 seconds. It is a terrible disease of the brain that slowly robs a person of their memory and abilities to walk and talk, and so much more.
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In addition to the walk, Hunter said her team is holding a fundraiser, which will be a spin class on October 11 from 3-5 p.m.at Edge Fitness on Houston Lake Road in Warner Robins.
