Walk-a-thon
Last updated by AlzheimersAssoc... on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 14:11.
Our office serves the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which is made of 15 counties (Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette, Menominee, Mackinac, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft).
Within the UP, there are 8,100 people with Alzheimer's disease, and that number is growing every day. Nationwide, there are more than 5 million people with Alzheimer's. Worldwide, someone develops Alzheimer's disease every 72 seconds.