By Kerry Jacobsen | Times Vedette
Area residents showed their passion — and their purple — at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event this past weekend. They gathered on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Michael Mills Park to support the Alzheimer’s Association by picking a flower of a certain color to represent how they are affected by Alzheimer’s. Blue is “I’m living with the disease”; purple is “I’ve lost a loved one to the disease”; yellow is “I support or care for someone living with the disease”; and orange is “I support the cause, a world without the disease.”
Many local businesses were also represented. Dave Grove from Edward Jones presented Alzheimer’s statistics and a short stretch was led by Sue Bump from Reshape before participants began the two-mile walk.
More than 400 walks remain this year. Visit alz.org/Walk for details.
