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The End of Alzheimer's Disease Starts Here

Join the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's™ and unite in a movement to reclaim the future for 210,000 Illinois residents with Alzheimer's disease. Since 1989, we've mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk®; now, we ask you to register for Walk to End Alzheimer's, the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Together, we can end Alzheimer's disease the nation's sixth-leading cause of death.

In 2011 in the Greater Illinois Chapter, more than 12,000 participants and 1,500 teams raised nearly $1.8 million in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Please join us.

Choose a Walk Near You


Walk to End Alzheimer’s is a community event that joins friends, family and co-workers as they walk to end Alzheimer’s. Participants typically register in teams of 10-12 and fundraise using tools supported by the Alzheimer’s Association. 

Choose from a walk below to register or to support a walker.


Location Date Contact 

Bloomington/Normal
Normal, IL

September 28, 2013

jlamartina@alz.org

Champaign/Urbana
Champaign, IL

September 21, 2013

jlamartina@alz.org

Chicago
Chicago, IL

September 29, 2013

chicagowalk@alz.org
Crawford County
Oblong, IL
September 28, 2013 ergreene@alz.org
Decatur 
Forsyth, IL
October 12, 2013 tarnold@alz.org
Dekalb
DeKalb, IL

September 22, 2013

jratkovic@alz.org

Joliet
Joliet, IL

October 5, 2013

balderson@alz.org

Kankakee
Bourbonnais, IL

September 15, 2013

balderson@alz.org

Lake County 
Libertyville, IL

October 5, 2013

preinsch@alz.org

McHenry County
Lake in the Hills, IL

September 15, 2013

jratkovic@alz.org

Naperville
Naperville, IL

September 22, 2013 balderson@alz.org
North Shore
Glenview, IL

September 21, 2013

preinsch@alz.org
Northwest Suburban
Palatine, IL

September 15, 2013

preinsch@alz.org

Rockford
Loves Park, IL

September 21, 2013

jratkovic@alz.org

Southeastern Illinois
Harrisburg, IL

October 5, 2013 ergreene@alz.org

Southern Illinois
Carbondale, IL

October 12, 2013

ergreene@alz.org

Springfield
Springfield, IL

September 21, 2013

tarnold@alz.org


Volunteer

Are you interested in volunteering at a Walk to End Alzheimer’s event? Click here to fill out our volunteer application and select Walk to End Alzheimer’s as your area of interest.




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Tell Us Why You Walk

We want to hear your story. We know our participants often have very personal and significant reasons for participating in Walk to End Alzheimer's. These stories can be very inspiring to other participants as they fundraise and can also help us to recruit more participants. Please take a moment to share your story and you can take one more step to end Alzheimer's.

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Alzheimer's Association

Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's
Formed in 1980, the Alzheimer's Association is the world's leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.