Published September 26. 2022 02:45PM
Families affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia plant plastic daisies in a promise garden at Mauch Chunk Lake Park Saturday. More than 100 people participated in the annual Carbon County Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday at the lake. Placing flowers in the sandy garden are, from left, Michele Dobrowski of Lehighton, Grace Kern of Lehighton and her grandson, Croy Kern, 1, of Summit Hill, Rylee Devlin of Summit Hill, Corbin Kern, 2, of Summit Hill, and Josh Kern of Summit Hill. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS.
Families affected by Alzheimer's and dementia plant plastic daisies in a promise garden at Mauch Chunk Lake Park Saturday. More than 100 people participated in the annual Carbon County Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday at the lake. Placing flowers in the sandy garden are, from left, Michele Dobrowski of Lehighton, Grace Kern of Lehighton and her grandson, Croy Kern, 1, of Summit Hill, Rylee Devlin of Summit Hill, Corbin Kern, 2, of Summit Hill, and Josh Kern of Summit Hill. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
The annual Carbon County Walk to End Alzheimer's was Saturday at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. From left, Courtney Blocker, Robin Blocker and Rebecca Blocker, all of Walnutport, remember their late grandfather and Robin's father who died in 2018 after suffering from Alzheimer's. They were among more than 100 people who participated in the walk. Robin recalled the agony of seeing her father with the memory-loss ailment, saying, “When he passed away, we had already lost him.”