The Caregivers-Always Faithful team, which has members from Franklin, will participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Western Tidewater on Saturday, Sept. 22, at Constant’s Wharf in Suffolk.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will start at 10.

The Caregivers-Always Faithful team is expected to join more than 350 people on the one- to three-mile walk to support the Alzheimer’s Association.

“We have been personally affected by Alzheimer’s,” said Caregivers Team Captain Mary Francis Newsome of Franklin. “All of our team members have had friends or relatives who were stricken with this dreaded disease. We know firsthand that it is critical to support the Alzheimer’s Association.”

To support or join the team, contact Mary Francis at 569-0604.

• Quality Custom Distribution’s Golden State Foods Foundation in Suffolk provided 120 backpacks to S.P. Morton Elementary School students.

Foundation President Danny Register, Lisa Lassiter with customer service with Chick-fil-A and Linda Armstrong with customer service at Starbucks brought the backpacks to Franklin, filled with school supplies to help first-graders prepare for the school year.

• The Smithfield Farmers Market is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

The market is open 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from Memorial Day through Oct. 27 in the parking lots behind the Bank of Southside Virginia in the downtown.

The Thanksgiving Market will be held on Nov. 17. The Christmas Craft and Gift markets will be held Dec. 1 and 15.

GWEN ALBERS is managing editor of The Tidewater News. Her email address is gwen.albers@tidewaternews.com.