The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s for the South Sound will be held Sept. 13 in Tacoma.

The 11-mile route will begin at the University of Puget Sound. As of mid-August, nearly $53,000 of the fund-raiser’s $150,000 goal for the year had been pledged for the fight against Alzheimer’s.

A companion walk for the Kitsap Peninsula area is scheduled for Sept. 12 in Bremerton. The two-mile event will be staged at Louis Mentor Boardwalk.

More information about the walks and h ow t5o get involved is available from the Alzheimer’s Association’s Washington chapter at 206-363-5500 and alz.org/alzwa.