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HANOVER, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — One Hanover family is hiking in the name of Alzheimer's disease.
In June, Ally Knight, director of the Beast Foundation, and 35 others, including her dad, will hike the six highest peaks in each of the six New England states over six days. The group will hike to "Defeat the Beast" that is Alzheimer's disease.
Knight told WBZ's Suzanne Sausville the group is hiking "to help other local families who have been kind of burdened by the financial aspect of Alzheimer's disease."
Her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2014 and passed away three years later.
The group will start on Jerimoth Hill in Rhode Island, then hike Bear Mountain in Connecticut, Mount Greylock in Massachusetts, Mount Mansfield in Vermont, Mount Washington in New Hampshire, and end their journey on Mount Katahdin in Maine.
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"Each hike gets progressively harder as you go and kind of mimics going through life with Alzheimer's in how that each day, each month, each year, gets progressively harder and harder," David Knight said.
The foundation is looking for 18 more hikers to join the group, with a goal to raise $100 thousand. All event proceeds will go toward helping to alleviate the financial burdens local families face who have been affected by the disease.
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