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Laura Broadley Goderich Signla Sta One of the youngest members of "Team Howie", Payton Illman,
Members of "Team Howie" took part in the annual Walk for Alzheimer's in Clinton on May 7. The Bernards were chosen as the showed her support by walking the full 5 km of the Walk for
honourary family because of their exemplary support of their husband and father. Alzheimer's around Clinton.
Walk for Alzheimer's helps in Huron County
Laura Broadley
Goderich Signal Star
Over 100 people took to
the streets of Clinton last Sat-
urday for the annual Walk
for Alzheimer's, raising rais-
ing much-needed money for
the Alzheimer Society of
Huron County.
Black and green t -shirts,
emblazoned with "Team
Howie" were a big part of the
crowd walking down Main
Street.
This year the Bernard fam-
ily from Brussels was chosen
as the honourary family for
the walls. The Bernard family
was chosen because they
embody the principles of
caring for someone with the
disease. When their father
and husband, Howie was
diagnosed in 2011, his family
sought help right away.
Having a honourary family
is a way for the society to con-
nect what it does with the
community, said Erin Dale,
community outreach coordi-
nator with the Alzheimer
Society of Huron County.
This is only the second
year the Alzheimer Society
of Huron County has held a
Walk for Alzheimer's to help
raise money for the 747,000
Canadians living with
dementia.
In the previous two dec-
ades there has been a Walk
for Memories held indoors
in January during Alzhei-
mer's Awareness Month. By
moving the event outside it
would bring more visibility
to the work the society does,
and help promote the fund-
raising efforts of the events,
Dale said.
By changing the name, it
encourages people to use
the word "Alzheimer's" pub-
licly to help fight the stigma
surrounding dementia.
Last year the society did
one walk for all of Huron
County in Clinton, but this
year it held three separate
walks in Clinton, Wingham
and Exeter. This allowed
people to participate who
might not be able to travel
across the county, Dale said.
All the funds raised
through the Walk for Alzhei-
mer's stays in Huron County
to support the programs and
services offered by the Alz-
heimer's Society of Huron
County, like Minds in
Motion, care partner sup-
ports services and
counselling.
More information can be
found online at www.alzhei-
mer.ca/huroncounty
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