If you're anywhere
near Peachtree City Saturday morning, chances are you'll run into a walker,
a runner or a biker.
And if you
can wait until the afternoon, you can get your hands on the first batch
of pumpkins for Halloween.
The walkers
and runners will be with the first-ever Alzheimer's Memory Walk, which
will begin at 8:15 a.m. at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater. The walk,
a three-county fund-raiser for the Alzheimer's Association, represents
the organization's largest fund-raising effort.
The 3.1-mile
walk will take place on the cart paths, beginning and ending at the amphitheater.
Alzheimer's is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain and the
most common form of dementia. It affects approximately 4 million Americans,
including over 120,000 Georgia residents.
The bikers
are also connected with a fund-raiser. The "Riding the Line"
bike team from Williams Natural Gas will stop at Peachtree City Hall between
8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. for a break. The team is raising $12 million for
the United Way charities during their ride along the 2,000-mile gas pipeline
that runs from New York City to Houston, Texas.
The bikers
will receive a proclamation in honor of their fund-raising efforts.
Also, the Peachtree
City Volunteer Fire Department will begin its annual pumpkin sale Saturday
afternoon. The delivery truck is expected to make it to town after 1 p.m.
with the pumpkins available thereafter on a first-come, first-serve basis
at the stations on north Peachtree Parkway north of Ga. Highway 54 and
on the south Peachtree Parkway station south of Crosstown Road.







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