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HONORING SENIORS

Walk to End Alzheimer’s disease. This is WHY we walk - so someday

everyone can have one of these new flowers to hold up
high. Please join us on October 27, 2018 at the Moonlight
ALZHEIMER’S Musical’s Amphitheatre at 9:30 a.m. The Walk will be
completed by 11:00 a.m.

Call Drue Banta or the local West Texas Chapter at 806-
332-9196 for information on sponsorships, team sign-
2018 ups, volunteer opportunities and more. ALZ.org/walk is
the website to find out all the information you may need.
There are opportunities for anyone who has ever been
touched by Alzheimer’s to be connected to the Walk to
End Alzheimer’s this year.
Please join us in this fight!

George Vradenburg, a cofounder of
Us Against Alalszheimer’s said

“We’re learning ... veterans are
disproportionately affected by this

We are so blessed to have the opportunity to walk every disease and are at a greater risk for
year in memory and honor of loved ones with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s because of their war-related
disease. The Lubbock Chapter of the Alzheimer’s brain impairments. Alzheimer’s is a
Association has been hosting and participating in this event veterans’ disease.”
actively for over 15 years. Every year, the walk has grown
with new supporters, sponsors, walkers, and donations to
the cause. The funds raised at this event go to Alzheimer’s
care, support, and research at the national and local levels.
JOIN THE
We love the outpouring of community involvement each
year as the planning begins and develops to the very last FIGHT FOR
minute. This year we expect at least 100 teams and 800 ALZHEIMER’S
participants. We invite company sponsorships at several
levels. Some companies traditionally sponsor the same FIRST
part of the walk each year. It is so heartwarming to see the
same people come back year after year - family walk teams, SURVIVOR.
company sponsors, company walk teams, and individuals
that just come to show their support.
The different activity areas at the walk are also encouraging
- the flower garden, the kids’ zone, the advocacy area, the
champions’ tent, all of the vendor tables with information
and giveaways. The emcees, the music, the presentations,
and the countdown to the walk itself all contribute to the
thrill of the day. In fact, it gives us chills writing about it!
The colors of the flowers and what they signify are such an
important part of this event; each flower represents:
• a person with the disease, At the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, people carry
flowers representing their connection to Alzheimer’s — a disease
• a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s, that currently has no cure. But what if one day there was a flower for
Alzheimer’s first survivor? What if there were millions of them? Help
make that beautiful day happen by joining us for the world’s largest
• someone who has lost someone to the disease, or fundraiser to fight the disease.
Register today at alz.org/walk.
• someone who supports the cause and a vision of a world
without Alzheimer’s. Lubbock Walk to End Alzheimer's
Moonlight Musicals Ampitheatre
This year there will be a new flower introduced - the flower October 27, 2018 | 9:00 AM
that represents the one person who has been cured from

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