2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's in Poplar Bluff
Monday, September 19, 2022
Rob Duckett
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Participants at the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's hold their flowers aloft. The walk was held Sept. 17 at McLane Park.
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From left, Corretta Bishop, Nancy Davenport, Kathy Hadley, Nila Keller, Sharon Fraser and Nancy Boyer at the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's. Altrusa has been a major supporter of the walk for the past five years.
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Hanna Bequette and her dog Loki attended the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's. Bequette's orange flower represents supporting the walk's cause and the vision for a world without Alzheimer's and other dementia.
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Walk Director Matt Bergman holds a purple flower, symbolizing a walker who has lost someone to Alzheimer's disease. His first walk was in 2016 and since then he has actively set up walks in Southeast Missouri.
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Alzheimer's Association representative Jeremy Koerber speaks before the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's in Poplar Bluff.
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The Walk to End Alzheimer's is an annual fundraiser supporting the Alzheimer's Association's goal of one day curing the disease and other forms of dementia.
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Walkers rally in Poplar Bluff's McClane Park on Sept. 17 for the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's. A 2013 report revealed one in three seniors die with some form of dementia.