The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk™ is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Held annually in over 600 communities across the country, this inspiring event calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against Alzheimer's. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $260 million dollars. The Western & Central Washington State Chapter was 1 of 9 founding walk sites to begin the movement toward a world without Alzheimer’s.

By joining a local Memory Walk, you will help:

• Raise awareness in the community about Alzheimer's disease
• Show support for families affected by Alzheimer's disease
• Raise funds for care, support and research 
• Be a part of an eventual cure

Tribute Flags

Imagine a field of brightly-colored flags inscribed with the words "To Honor and Remember...Whose Precious Life We Rejoice." Memory Walk Tribute Flags are designed as a way of remembering, honoring, and paying tribute to those affected by Alzheimer's disease. This year, Memory Walk participants have the opportunity to personalize a tribute flag with the name of a loved one, which will be strung together and displayed at each Walk.

Tribute flags are available online. Each flag is $10. On the following form, please include the name of the person to be written on each flag. The flag will be strung, along with others, and hung at each Memory Walk. Once the colorful flags are placed, they remain until the wind has unraveled their threads one by one. As the flags unravel, their messages are carried by the wind. Each flag carries the name and a message of a caregiver, family member, or a friend who has been touched by Alzheimer's.

Tribute flags will also be sold at each walk.