Step By Step: Tifton residents join Walk to End Alzheimer’s
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TIFTON — Tifton community members took their steps towards the cause of ending Alzheimer’s this past Saturday.
Local residents walked the campus of ABAC the morning of Nov. 7 in support of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, hearts full of hope and faith in a world where those afflicted the disease and other forms of dementia could overcome it once and for all.
Organized by the Alzheimer’s Association, an international nonprofit committed to the support of victims of Alzheimer’s and continued research into the disease, the annual campaign unites individuals across the country in a march with the goal of raising money, awareness, and support for the organization’s efforts.
Tifton’s walkers joined more than six hundred communities in the nationwide walk this past Saturday morning, making their way through the grounds of the local college campus clad in purple and carrying flowers representing the loved ones in their lives affected by Alzheimer’s or its associated illnesses. All along the way, ABAC Ambassadors cheered them on, showing their own support for the campaign and its cause.
Rescheduled to early November du...