Hundreds of participants gathered at Earl Brown Park in DeLand on a cooler Saturday morning for a walk to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's and dementia.

The event featured a Promise Garden with colored flowers representing different connections to the disease: orange for supporters, blue for those living with dementia, yellow for caregivers, and purple for those who have lost a relative.

By the numbers:

The Alzheimer's Association reports that Alzheimer's deaths have more than doubled between 2000 and 2021, with one in three seniors dying with some form of dementia.

More than seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's kills more people than breast and prostate cancers combined.

"It's really made us realize the importance of life. And now we're j

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