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Coming Up In Petaluma: Together We Can Defeat Alzheimer's!

Join Mike Harris on Oct. 17th as he "Walks to End Alzheimer's" at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma.

From Mike Harris

I will be walking in the Saturday October 17th “Petaluma Walk to End Alzheimer’s” event at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma (near the Petaluma Sheraton). Please consider joining our team or supporting our cause.

There will be a 3 mile and a 1 mile option.

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Registration that day is at 8:30am Ceremony is at 9:30am Walk is at 10:00am

Currently, more than 5 million American’s have Alzheimer’s and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this disease.

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For those of you that don’t know, my grandmother has Alzheimer’s and has been in a facility here in #Petaluma for 2 1/2 years.

I would be honored if you would consider joining my team on October 17th. To join my team, you can sign up by going to www.tinyurl.com/alzharris

If you can’t join us on the walk a $5 or $10 donation would be very helpful as we aggregate dollars to help defeat this disease. These donations are tax deductible.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

There is a Classic Car show happening on Saturday Oct. 10th at Adobe House in Petaluma as well to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association walk on Oct. 17th. For more information, go to the following Petaluma Patch article. http://patch.com/california/petaluma/cynthia-ermshar-organize-classic-car-show-raise-money-alzheimers-association-0

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