Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A slew of people showed up to support ending the disease that robs individuals of memories and other important mental functions.

At the Bowling Green Ball Park, a few hundred people gathered for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s event. Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the biggest national effort to garner donations that go toward research for the disease. Hundreds of thousands of dollars every year are collected in the U.S to fund finding a cure for an illness many in the country have been affected by in some way. News 40 spoke with organizers who told us just in Kentucky alone, there are 75,000 individuals that deal with Alzheimer’s. 

Last year in 2021, Walk to End Alzheimer’s raised nationally 28 million dollars to fund Alzheimer’s research. In Bowling Green, they are still accepting donations to reach their annual goal of 120,000 dollars until December 31. If you would like to donate to the cause, you can head to act.alz.org.