JackFest and Walk to End Alzheimer's raise money Sunday, Oct. 18
A free family festival at Foxfield benefits Ronald McDonald House Charlottesville, and the Alzheimer's Association walk starts at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital.
CHARLOTTESVILLE - Two fundraisers on Sunday, Oct. 18, will support Ronald McDonald House Charlottesville and the Alzheimer's Association, according to the organizers' event pages.
JackFest, a free family festival, runs from noon to 4 p.m. at Foxfield, 2215 Foxfield Track, according to its website. Activities include kids' running races, elementary and middle school cross-country races, bounce houses, a petting zoo, arts and crafts and food trucks. Ronald McDonald House gives families of children receiving medical care in Charlottesville a free place to stay, and organizers say each $1,000 raised covers about a week of a family's needs.
Charlottesville's 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer's is at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, 400 Martha Jefferson Drive, according to the Alzheimer's Association event page. The site opens at noon, a ceremony starts at 1 p.m. and the walk begins at 1:30 p.m. On Thursday the page showed $145,632 raised toward a $250,000 goal, from 687 participants on 110 teams.
Source: JackFest home page https://jackfest.net/; Alzheimer's Association, 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Charlottesville https://act.alz.org/site/TR?fr_id=19974&pg=entry
- When
- Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026: JackFest noon to 4 p.m.; Walk to End Alzheimer's site opens noon, ceremony 1 p.m., walk 1:30 p.m.
- Where
- JackFest: Foxfield, 2215 Foxfield Track. Walk: Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, 400 Martha Jefferson Drive.
- Cost
- JackFest admission is free. The walk page invites registration and donations; no fee is listed.
- How to take part
- JackFest details and race registration at jackfest.net. Register, join a team or donate for the walk at act.alz.org (event fr_id 19974).