The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's
When you participate in the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's, you join thousands of Canadians who want to see a world without Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
For the 9th year in a row, IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s, the nation’s largest fundraiser for dementia, brought together 26,000 participants from coast-to-coast in support of people living with dementia. Together they surpassed our goal and raised $6.8M, to support life-changing programs and services offered through the Alzheimer Societies across Canada.
WHO WILL YOU WALK FOR? STEP INTO ACTION AND REGISTER FOR A WALK IN YOUR AREA ON MAY 25 OR 26!
What is the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's?
The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's is Canada's biggest fundraising event for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
These funds will go toward local programs and services that improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their families in your community and support awareness and education about dementia.
Why join the Walk?
Make memories matter! There are many reasons to join the Walk:
1. Your support is vital
When you walk, you’re sending a message of hope to the thousands of people living with dementia in Canada, as well as the thousands more who care for them.
When you fundraise, you’re ensuring that Alzheimer Society programs and services have the funds they need to provide direct help and support for people living with dementia and their carers.
2. Dementia is the health crisis of our time
- Over 650,000 Canadians currently live with dementia. By 2030, close to a million Canadians will be diagnosed with dementia.
- The annual cost of dementia to the Canadian economy and healthcare system is over $10.4 billion
- 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced caring for someone living with dementia.
3. It's fun!
Joining the Walk is a great way to get together with friends, families and neighbours and support your community. And it keeps you fit and raises much-needed funds and awareness!
Join the Walk today at www.walkforalzheimers.ca!
Our national title sponsor
The Alzheimer Society is pleased to have IG Wealth Management returning for its seventh year in 2024 as Title Sponsor for our annual Walk.
IG Wealth Management has a long heritage of community involvement, corporate funding and project initiation that has created a strong corporate culture of caring.
Canadian P2P Top 30 Programs
We are proud to announce that the IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s has ranked as #7 on the 2024 Canadian Top 30 list of peer-to-peer fundraising programs as published by the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum.
Peer-to-peer fundraising is the practice of having a nonprofit organization’s supporters participate in an activity such as a walk, bike ride or other real or virtual challenge and reach out to their network of friends, family, neighbors and colleagues for donations.
We are grateful to our volunteers, fundraisers, donors, sponsors and staff members who helped make this achievement possible!