 Well, hundreds of people gathered Saturday morning during the walk to end Alzheimer's to raise money to fight a disease that affects tens of thousands of Minnesotans. With this week's community spotlight reporter Rachel Johnson has more to lead the way to the end of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the only one in the top 10 without a known treatment or cure. The Alzheimer's Association is trying to change that. There have been so many people here who have come together to try to raise money to support the programs of the Alzheimer's Association. The walk to end Alzheimer's is an annual event where teams come together to walk and raise money for the Alzheimer's Association in the Brainerd Lakes area. It's time to start talking about it. There still is a stigma with Alzheimer's disease and we are breaking that by talking about it and bringing that awareness. We want people to understand the disease so go get help sooner and they have we educate doctors. The doctors come to us and we talk to them about how to educate their patients. So many families are affected by Alzheimer's and dementia. Hundreds of people were at the event to show their support. Everyone in this room right now is family. They all understand they care and that's why we're here. We're all here looking to end this disease. When teams entered the event they were invited to pick up a flower. Each color of flower correlated with the reason they walk. The orange flower represents support for the cause. The yellow is if you are caregiver for somebody living with dementia or Alzheimer's. The blue is if you are a person living with the disease and the purple is if you have lost somebody to Alzheimer's or dementia. Each year a family is asked to be the honorary family for the event. This year the Larson family was chosen. Donna Larson was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease at 63. I just want to show that it hits everybody. No matter what your status is in the community, no matter who you are, it can hit your family or yourself and don't be afraid to talk about it, learn more about it. This year's walk raised a $126,000 while surpassing their goal of 110,000. This is huge for raising awareness and I can't say enough about the the Brandard Lakes community. People have really rallied around this cause and come together to make a difference and we're all working very hard to hopefully one day find the first survivor. There are so many people in the community passionate about this cause. They will keep walking and keep raising money so that hopefully one day there will be a cure. Reporting from Baxter with this week's Community Spotlight, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.