A wonderful event is taking place at Kukui Grove Center on October 8th – “The Walk to End Alzheimer’s.” If you have never had a friend or family member with this disease, I can tell you that it isn’t pleasant. While the affected individual isn’t in pain physically due to the disease, their mental status is severely affected, resulting in memory loss and other serious lapses in intellectual ability.

So what can we do about it? How about raising money for research designed to find the source of Alzheimer’s in the brain? With knowledge of the disease’s origins, how it develops, and how to fight it, we can successfully rid our world of this hated problem. So why not join us here on Kauai for The Walk to End Alzheimer’s and support the cause?

The walk will start at 8am at the Kukui Grove Center, which is located on the South-East side of the island in the town of Lihue. (For those who are planning to fly here, Lihue is also home to our main airport, so you should be acquainted with it already.) To get to the Kukui Grove Center, simply take HWY 50 to Nawiliwili Road and you will see the shopping center on your right.

Registration will open at 7am for all those interested in signing up, or you can visit their website to sign up, buy a t-shirt, join a team, or simply donate to the cause. So how about it? Do you feel like taking a stroll through our beautiful tropical island, supporting a good cause in the process? If you do, I hope to see you bright and early on October 8th.