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Valley landmarks will be illuminated Friday to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease
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Valley landmarks will be illuminated Friday to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease

PHOENIX — Many buildings around the Phoenix area will be lit up Friday to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America says more than 1,300 sites around the world will be lit up, mostly green, on Nov. 1, marking the start of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.

Participating Phoenix area landmarks include:

  • CityScape
  • Chase Field
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport – SkyTrain Station
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport – Car Rental Center Station
  • Phoenix City Hall
  • Governor’s Office Building – Executive Tower
  • Orpheum Theatre
  • Phoenix Convention Center
  • Mayo Clinic (Phoenix and Scottsdale locations)
  • Hyatt Regency Phoenix
  • Harkins Theater – Camelview at Fashion Square (Scottsdale)
  • Symphony Hall
  • Lake of Heroes (Glendale)
  • Lake Bonsall (Glendale)
  • Chandler Center for the Arts
  • Tempe City Hall
  • Sunrise from Scottsdale
  • Chandler’s sunrise
  • Gilbert’s sunrise

This is the 11th year of “Light Up the World in Teal” campaign.

The foundation says 151,000 Arizonans are among the nearly seven million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, a number expected to double by 2060, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.