RUMFORD – Walkers in the annual Alzheimer’s Memory Walk to benefit the Maine Alzheimer’s Association will stride off from Rumford Community Home at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The options include two routes, a short one-mile walk and a 3.5 mile jaunt.

Every dollar raised from the annual Memory Walk in Rumford stays right in the community. Since its start in 1989 the walk has raised $120 million for communities nationally.

Walkers register by mailing a form to the Maine Alzheimer’s Association or online at www.mainealz.org/memorywalk. On walk day, walkers bring their completed fund-raising forms and the money they have raised to Rumford Community Home. Walkers who raise $50 by walk day earn a Memory Walk pin; $150 earns a Memory Walk T-shirt and $250 a long-sleeved T-shirt; $350 walkers earn a Memory Walk sweatshirt; and $550 fund-raisers receive a Memory Walk portfolio or fleece pullover.

Forms are available at Rumford Community Home and Rumford Hospital. The walk is open to individuals as well as family or business teams. Call Memory Walk Coordinator Coe Coe Gurney at 364-7863 for more information.