CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on Saturday, October 6 in Clarksville this year.
The event is located at Liberty Park’s Honor Pavilion, located at 1188 Cumberland Drive. Registration is at 8 a.m., and the opening ceremony is at 9 a.m. The walk, the route for which spans two miles, will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is an annual event for communities across the nation, in which community members contribute to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s.
At the time of this writing, with 584 participants and 74 teams, the Clarksville fundraiser has raised $64,746 of its $75,000 goal.
All proceeds from the event will further the care, support, and research of the Alzhemier’s Association.
To participate in the walk, you must register. If you’d like to register, donate, or volunteer for this event, you can at the 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Clarksville page. To learn about general information for the Clarksville walk, go here. If you have any other questions, you can contact Fatemeh Delheimer at (615) 315-5880 or fdelheimer@alz.org. If you’d like to find a Walk to End Alzheimer’s elsewhere in the nation, you’ll find a map of them here.