Vowing to strike out Alzheimer’s disease, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz teamed up with the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter and the Brooklyn Cyclones to announce the borough’s first ever Memory Walk — a one−mile walk around the warning track at KeySpan Park, August 9, to help raise funds and awareness in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
Sponsored by the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Memory Walk is an annual event that takes place every October in Riverside Park in Manhattan. But this year, in response to the interest and enthusiasm from Brooklyn’s Alzheimer’s community, the chapter added a second Memory Walk and is bringing the event to the borough for the first time.
Brooklyn’s Memory Walk will take place August 9 at KeySpan Park prior to the Cyclone’s game against the Jamestown Jammers. Onsite registration will begin at 2 p.m.; the walk will begin at 3:30 p.m., and the game at 5 p.m. The event will raise money for vital programs and services offered by the Chapter, as well as for important research for better treatments and a possible cure.
The borough president issued a proclamation declaring August 9 as Memory Walk Day in Brooklyn. In addition, he noted that, on August 9, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street will be illuminated in purple — the signature color of the Alzheimer’s Association — in honor of Memory Walk.
To register for Memory Walk, visit www.alznyc.orgâ„memorywalk or call the Memory Walk Hotline at 646−744−2997. The hotline is also available in Spanish.
