According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against this fatal disease. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $260 million for the cause.
Join Take Care’s walking team: 2010 Memory Walk®
Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010
Location: Lido Beach, 200 Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34236
Pre-Walk Activities start: 8:00 a.m.
Walk Starts at: 9:00 a.m.
Distance of Walk: 2 Miles
How do you sign up to Walk and/or Donate?
- Follow this link to sign up and join the TAKE CARE HOME HEALTH group: http://memorywalk2010.kintera.org/sarasota/takecare
- Click “I agree.”
- Then click “Join a Team” and enter “Take Care” in the search box. Scroll down and next to “Take Care” click on “JOIN TEAM.
- It will then ask you to fill out personal information and your donation goal.
- Now you’re on the Take Care Team!
A Message from the Alzheimer’s Association:
If you’re the kind of person who’s not going to sit on the sidelines when there’s a chance to change the future, then you’re the person we need.
When you register for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®, you’re joining a nationwide community of thousands of people who are standing up and participating in the fight against this devastating disease. Participants who raise $100 will receive a 2010 Memory Walk T-shirt! Your journey to end Alzheimer’s starts here – and it’s so easy.
All Memory Walk® donations benefit the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association 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.
See the difference you can make as we walk to change the course of Alzheimer’s together.