There is still time to sign up for this year’s Walk for Alzheimer’s.
The Walk for Alzheimer’s takes place at 7 this evening, beginning in Vermillion Park.
Amber Duncan, the regional coordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, encourages everyone to support the walk which helps support programs for people living in the Parkland with dementia.
“Alzheimer’s Society is a local non-profit. All the money stays within Manitoba and a part of it goes to the Parkland region. We run a lot of programs here and we’d like to get more programs going because we do have a large client base. Sometimes you know these people sometimes you don’t. So in order to help more people, we need more funds to get things going.”
Duncan spoke with us about programs she hopes to start here at home.
“Right now we have a support group going for caregivers, but we’d love to have one starting for people living with dementia across the Parkland. We’d also like to get a mind in motion going as well. These are all programs that we hope to have in the future and any funds and support that we can get gets us one step closer to that goal.”
You can register until the walk begins; they plan to cut off registration right at 7.
