Enid’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be Friday, October 7th in downtown Enid. Walkers will meet at Under Her Wing in downtown Enid at 424 S. Grand Avenue. Hospice Circle of Love will be helping with the event and the Director of Community Relations at Hospice Circle of Love Julie Nelson spoke about how Alzheimer’s has affected their patients.
Nelson said, “That is one of the diagnoses we see the most with our patients and really Alzheimer’s is one of the leading causes of death in the United States”. Alzheimer’s kills more people on a yearly basis than breast and prostate cancer combined.
The goal for this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is to raise $50,000 and everyone who raises at least 100$ will receive a free t-shirt. As of Thursday, Oct 6th, the walk has raised $28,795. Nelson spoke about where the money that is raised goes saying that ” a lot of the money also goes to research and I know they have done a lot towards helping to fight this disease, there is no cure but they are really hoping to have one, one day”.
Anyone can sign up or donate by going to http://enidwalk.org
The full interview with Nelson can be listened to at this link. https://soundcloud.com/derek-darr-389435489/alzheimers-walk-julie-nelson-01?si=4f930a086fed421abe52712e5856285c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
