Geoff Moore decided to walk marathon events across Otago to raise money for the charity as his wife, Ann is affected by the disease.
After settling in Central Otago after moving from the United Kingdom in 2018, Mr Moore began to notice changes in Mrs Moore’s behaviour.
The changes in behaviour were the onset of dementia and eventually Mrs Moore would be diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Last November Mr Moore was introduced to park runs and decided to follow in the footsteps of a friend who signed up for the Dunedin Marathon.
He would then see that Cromwell and Queenstown were also hosting events, which gave him the idea to use the three races to raise funds.
"Cromwell popped up and then Queenstown popped up .. I thought ah well, why don't I try and just raise some money for Alzheimer's?"
After starting a Give-a-little page and posting to social media, Mr Moore said people began to understand what he was doing and momentum began to build with Alzheimer's New Zealand getting behind his runs.
This weekend’s park run in Alexandra would be on November 22 or ‘two two’, and park run participants around the world would wear tutus to mark the occasion.
Mr Moore said this weekend would be transformed into a purple day, purple representing the the colour used by Alzheimer's New Zealand at Memory Walk events.
Currently, Mr Moore has raised more than $6000 for Alzheimer's New Zealand and with this final park run this weekend and a Dance to Remember to be hosted in Alexandra on November 28.
The idea for the dance comes from Mr Moore’s passion of the Northern Soul which he had been promoting on Radio Central to also help raise money for Alzheimer's New Zealand.
Mr Moore hoped to raise $7000 or $8000 by the end of the month.
