Walk to End Alzheimer’s draws almost 500 people to Rehoboth
Nearly 500 people participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Rehoboth Beach Oct. 4.
All told, 435 participants and 83 teams raised nearly $152,000 that will be put toward the fight to end Alzheimer’s. It was a beautiful day for the walk, which was a little more than two miles long, beginning at Grove Park, making its way down to the Boardwalk and back.
Prior to the walk, organizers held the Promise Garden Ceremony, which recognizes people with the disease and the people who support them. As part of the ceremony, participants received a flower that best represented their connection to the disease – a blue flower represents someone living with Alzheimer's or another dementia; purple is for those who have lost someone to the disease; yellow represents someone who is currently supporting or caring for a person living with Alzheimer's; orange is for those who support the cause and the association's vision of a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are about 23,000 people in Delaware living with the disease that are being taken care of by 31,000 caregivers.
For more information on Alzheimer’s disease, including warning signs and walk information, go to alz.org.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
