Walk To End Alzheimer’s® Celebrates 25 Years
Fairfield County Event Set for Sunday, September 28 at Calf Pasture Beach
The Alzheimer’s Association, Connecticut Chapter invites the Fairfield County community to participate in the 25th Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s®. The event will be held from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 28 at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk and will feature live music, children’s activities, a Zumba warm-up prior to the three-mile scenic walk and a meaningful tribute ceremony. Participants of all ages and abilities are invited to register for free online or via phone 860.828.2828 and help reclaim the future for millions.
This year, Walk to End Alzheimer’s® celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. The event, which was originally launched in 1989 as Memory Walk®, is now held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide. In 2013, more than 42,000 teams participated in nearly 650 Walks across the country, raising more than $55 million.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s® 2014 Sponsors include Statewide Title Sponsor - Standard Oil and Statewide Benefactors Maplewood Senior Living; Transconbuilders; Athena Health Care Systems; Genesis Healthcare; Atria Senior Living; Benchmark Senior Living; Hoffman Auto Group; Powerstation Events; Clip's Signs and Companions & Homemakers. Event sponsors supporting the Norwalk Walk include: Lapine, Inc.; Waveny Lifecare Network; Edgehill - A benchmark senior living community; Frontier Communications; Jewish Senior Services; Cohen & Wolf PC; Integrated Energy Services; Norwalk Hospital; Cassena Care at Norwalk; Watermark at 3030 Park; RVNA, Ridgefield Visiting Nurses Association and Hilton Garden Inn Norwalk.
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’sis the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer's Association®
The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s research, care and support whose mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.