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2025 Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s. -STOCK PHOTO<\/p>\n
Lee County residents will join together for Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s\u2014the world\u2019s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer\u2019s care, support and research.\n<\/p>\n
On Walk day, participants honor those affected by Alzheimer\u2019s and other dementias, like Jeff Edwards, whose wife, Bunny, is living with Alzheimer\u2019s, and Venita Winslett, whose husband, Joe, passed away from Alzheimer\u2019s. The morning begins with the poignant Promise Garden ceremony, where walkers will carry flowers of various colors that represent their personal connection to the disease.\n<\/p>\n
Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s is nationally presented by Edward Jones and locally presented by VITAS Healthcare.\n<\/p>\n
The 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s Lee County offers a great opportunity to report various Alzheimer \u2019s-related storylines and the disease\u2019s impact on residents, including:\n<\/p>\n
Jeff Edwards, whose wife, Bunny, is living with Alzheimer\u2019s
\nVenita Winslett, whose husband, Joe, passed away from Alzheimer\u2019s
\nIrene Montagnino, a research nurse for Alzheimer\u2019s, also lost her grandmother to Alzheimer\u2019s<\/p>\n
November is National Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregiver Month, a time to recognize the disproportionate impact Alzheimer\u2019s has on Floridians. Families now have hope with new treatments that, for the first time ever, can slow the progression of the disease.\n<\/p>\n
Florida has the second largest number of people living with the disease in the U.S., with over 580,000 residents estimated to have the progressive brain disease. More than 870,000 unpaid caregivers provide 24\/7 support for a loved one living with Alzheimer\u2019s. Lee County has an estimated 26,700 people or 11.4 percent over the age of 65 living with Alzheimer\u2019s.\n<\/p>\n
For more information, visit\u00a0alz.org\/LeeCountyWalk<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n In The KNOW\n<\/p>\n WHAT: Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n \u00a0\n<\/p>\n Alzheimer\u2019s Association Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s\u00ae\n<\/p>\n The Alzheimer\u2019s Association Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s\u00a0is the world\u2019s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer\u2019s care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer\u2019s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer\u2019s Association Memory Walk\u00ae; now the Alzheimer\u2019s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s. Together, we can end Alzheimer\u2019s.\n<\/p>\n Alzheimer\u2019s Association\u00ae\n<\/p>\n The Alzheimer\u2019s Association is a worldwide voluntary health organization dedicated to\u00a0 Alzheimer\u2019s care, support and research. Its mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer\u2019s and all other dementia \u2014 by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Visit\u00a0alz.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 800.272.3900.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s. -STOCK PHOTO Lee County residents will join together for Walk to End Alzheimer\u2019s\u2014the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-34497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Event begins at 8 AM, Ceremony at 8:45 AM, Walk to immediately follow
WHERE:\u00a0Florida SouthWestern State College, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft. Myers.\n<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-at-10.58.06\u202fAM.png\")
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