Walk to End Alzheimers with Shalini Mikos

The Winchester Chapter of the National Alzheimers Association is holding their annual Walk for Alzheimer's on Saturday Sept 30th at the Trails at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley! Shalini Mikos, Chair of this year's walk, tells us what to expect!

Episode Transcript

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Well, here on the Q oneO two community hotline, we've got Sellni
Mikos and she is with the Alzheimer'sAssociation. It's their annual Walk to End
Alzheimer's coming up. When good morning? By the way, first, let
me just say good morning, butwhen will we be do the walk?
Hi, Chris, thank you somuch for having me. So the walk

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is going to be September thirtieth thisyear in Winchester at the Museum of the
Shenandoah Valley. What a great placeto do it too. Those trails are
beautiful. What is the Walk toEnd Alzheimer's? Seleni? The Walk to
End Alzheimer's is the world's largest eventto raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care,

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support and research. The walks aretaking place in more than six hundred
communities across the country and Karen Winchester, our volunteer committee, has been working
so hard to make this year's walkreally special for the entire family, and
our goal is to foster community buildingwithin Winchester and a safe space for families

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to feel supported. So you dorace funds and what do those funds go
for? So? Funds race throughthe walk help the Alzheimer's Association to provide
free programs and services to people inour community affected by Alzheimer's. We have
a nationwide helpline that families can callin their support groups, education programs,

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and then also the funds help theAlzheimer's Association do research and the goal is
to have a cure for Alzheimer's.So tell me about the day of the
walk. It happens at the mSvon the trails, and I think folks
have to show up around nine,isn't that right? Yes, that's correct.
Registration opens at nine, We havea welcome and promise garden ceremony begins

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at ten, and then we walkimmediately after that ceremony. Now, if
people to join, they want tojoin up and sign up for the walk
to end Alzheimer's, how do theydo that? You can go online right
now if you want to pre register, start a team, or just get
more information at alz dot org,Flash Inca Walks, or you can definitely

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show up on the day. Allare welcome and we would be so happy
to have you. Do you havea lot of folks already signed up?
Yes, we have over twenty teamsright now. Participants volunteers, but we
are always looking for more if youwant to participate in any way, the
planning committee is always looking for volunteersand we would love to have you come

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out. And your goal this yearis I heard sixty thousand dollars. Is
that right? Sixty thousand dollars.That's right, love it. I hope
you hit every single penny of that. That's amazing. So again, this
is the Alzheimer's Association Walk to EndAlzheimer's happening when September thirtieth at the Museum
of the Shenandoah Valley and it's goingto be so wonderful. You will love

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the ceremony and it's a beautiful placeto take a walk. So if they
want to get in touch with youagain, if they want to sign up
one more time, it's alz dotorg slash NCA Walks, alz dot org
slash NCA Walks, and you canjust show up the day of if you
want to and listen. We reallyappreciate your time today and I really wish

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you the best of success with this. Oh, thank you so much.
It was wonderful. And is thereanything else you want us to know?
Yes, because I was a caretakermyself, and I didn't know that there
was support and resources. And Ijust want anyone who maybe knows someone who
is caring for a loved one,or you're dealing with this right now,
there is support. You don't haveto go through this alone. Come out

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to the walk and find a communitythat's going to help encourage you