Walk to End Alzheimer's Comes to Fort Adams this Year

NEWPORT, RI—Fort Adams State Park will be the new site of the Newport Walk to End Alzheimer's this year on Sept. 18—a event inviting Rhode Islanders to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions.

The Newport Walk is on Sept. 18 with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. The annual Providence walk is Roger Williams Park in Providence. Both walks step off at 10 a.m.

This year, the Newport walk has a special guest: Steve Schwalbach of Fort Thomas, KY.

Schwalbach has averaged a full marathon a day for an entire week for the past three years in honor of his mother, Jackie, crossing entire states along the way. This year, he hopes to run 45 miles across Rhode Island over two days.

The event, known as One Day/One State, will be on Saturday, Sept. 17 and it's likely he'll have no problem. He's already run across Kentucky, Ohio and Florida, though each state took more than one day.

His runs, "Jackie's Run," have raised more than $35,000 for the Alzheimer's Association so far.

He'll begin on Sept. 17 at Sterling Road in Sterling, CT, finishing at Roger Williams University in Bristol by around 3:30 p.m. The next day, he'll depart Portsmouth at around 5:45 a.m. and finish at 9:45 a.m. at Fort Adams in Newport.

Visit:http://act.alz.org/2016Jackies... for more information.