March Madness isn’t just for basketball. We’re joining the competitive spirit of the season with our popular Walk Madness! The brackets are set and our 17 NC Walk to End Alzheimer’s events are ready to play! During this 4-week challenge (March 3 – 30), you can help your area event compete for the ultimate bragging rights, all while joining together in the fight to #ENDALZ.
Each week, a new challenge will determine who moves on towards the champion title! If your team doesn’t win that week’s challenge, you can still keep going in the effort to win the Wild Card Walk of the Week!
Up first, it’s the Sweet 17 and all our Walks are paired up!
Week 1 – March 3 – 9: The first challenge focuses on participation. Encourage your friends, family or coworkers to join you OR create their own Walk team. The Walk that grows their participant numbers the most this week will move on to the Elite 8! *Participant growth is determined based on the percentage increase of participants in one week. Dribble on over to alz.org/walk to shoot your shot and help your team get on the scoreboard!
The Elite 8
Week 2 – March 10 – 16: The second challenge focuses on leadership through investing in our mission. Lead the way by making a self-donation (in any amount) through your ALZ Fundraising app or Participant Center. *Self-donation growth is determined based on the percentage increase of participants who have made a self-donation in one week. Hear the swish of the net by heading over to alz.org/walk to help your team advance into the Final Four!
The Final 4
Week 3 – March 17 – 23: The third challenge focuses on earning your jersey! And by jersey, we really mean your official 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer’s t-shirt! Raise at least $100 this week to earn this awesome keepsake. *T-Shirt earning growth is determined based on the percentage increase of participants who have raised $100 to earn their Walk T-Shirt in one week.
Championship Week
Week 4 – March 24 – 30: It’s only fitting that our fourth challenge focuses on truly being a champion by becoming a member of our prestigious Walk to End Alzheimer’s Champions Club! Raise at least $500 this week for the mission to #ENDALZ and you become a member of this exclusive club that comes with some fun rewards. *The Walk Madness Champion is determined based on the percentage increase of participants who have reached Champion status ($500) in one week.
Our Walk Madness winner will be announced on our chapter social channels March 31!
Grab the ball and shoot your shot to help your Walk win! Check out these tips for fundraising ideas. Game on at alz.org/walk.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2025 Event Dates in North Carolina:
| Alamance County | TBD |
| Asheville | TBD |
| Charlotte | 10/18/2025 |
| Fayetteville | 10/25/2025 |
| Gaston/Cleveland/Lincoln | 10/11/2025 |
| Guilford County | TBD |
| Henderson County | 9/20/2025 |
| Iredell Co. & Lake Norman | 9/27/2025 |
| Jacksonville | 9/27/2025 |
| Moore County | 9/13/2025 |
| Mount Airy | 9/20/2025 |
| New Bern | 10/18/2025 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus | 10/4/2025 |
| Unifour | 10/25/2025 |
| Triangle (Raleigh-Durham) | 10/4/2025 |
| Wilmington | 11/1/2025 |
| Winston-Salem | TBD |
Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s®:
The Alzheimer’s Association hosts 17 walks across North Carolina. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association® mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Together, we can end Alzheimer’s.
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