2006 Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk Los Angeles

The Memory Walk was a huge success again this year.  They announced that this walk alone had raised over $500,000 and counting.  I won't even attempt to estimate how many people were there, let's just call it "thousands".

I'm guessing, but the Los Angeles walk has got to be one of the largest of all the walks held around the country.  The actual walk part was supposed to be 3 miles but it couldn't have been much more than a mile. 

There was live music, information booths from various companies and organizations and some food.

Since this is Los Angeles, there were also celebrities.  Celebrities whose lives have also been affected by Alzheimer's.  They come out year after year to take part, help raise money and to cheer the rest of us on.

Thanks to everyone invovled.

And now, the photo's:
(Click the images for larger versions)

Celebrities leading the walk.
L to R: L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Rafer Johnson,
Ron Rifkin, Shelley Fabares, Steve Edwards, Leeza Gibbons, Bryan Cranston,
Victor Garber, David Hyde Pierce, Bob Goen.

Start of the walk.

Walking along the infield of Hollywood Park.

Walking along the water.

and what would an event be without dancing...

More celebrity images:

Bryan Cranston

Leeza Gibbons

Shelley Fabares

Peter Gallagher

Rafer Johnson

Ron Rifkin

Victor Garber

Steve Edwards and David Hyde Pierce

Comments

[sudden memory loss]

what a nice activity, let me add that currently available drug therapies are based, is the cholinergic hypothesis, which proposes that AD is caused by reduced synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.