America's walking Club

The American Volkssport Association (AVA) is a non-competitive sports organization committed to Fun, Fitness and Friendship.

1,021 Participants, 23 Countries, 42 States, and Countless Memories! Thank you for joining us at the 2023 IVV Olympiad and IML Texas Trail Roundup! See you in Finland!
1,021 Participants, 23 Countries, 42 States, and Countless Memories! Thank you for joining us at the 2023 IVV Olympiad and IML Texas Trail Roundup! See you in Finland!

Walking For Fun, Fitness and Friendship.

Volkssporting is a new kind of Outdoors Adventure!                                        

June 14, 2023 – AVA Online Regular Membership Meeting
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Central Time

This will be an electronic meeting utilizing the Zoom online meeting platform. Club Delegates who will be voting must register in advance for the meeting.

When you register for the meeting using the link below, if you are a club delegate, alternate, or proxy, be sure to put the same email address you used in the Credentialing Form that was submitted to the Marian at the National Office. Other non-voting meeting attendees should enter their personal email address into the registration form in the link below.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. It is important that you only use the specific URL (link) sent to you via email after you have registered to join the June 14th meeting.

If you are a club voting delegate, alternate, or proxy you will need to enter your personal Delegate Voting Code (DVC)during the meeting Before voting. All club delegates will be emailed their DVCs prior to June 1st. Your DVC will come to the email address you used in the credentialing form. Any club delegate who has not received their DVC by June 1stshould contact Marian by email, .img@.img.

Olympiad Memories

Click on the image to the go to Olympiad website to view all the photos taken and see all the memories. if you’d like to submit a photo please email .img@.img.

Thank you to all the Clubs that joined us for National Walking Week - April 1-7, 2023.

To view all the Clubs that joined us and their event information click on the button below. 

Crazy Horse 75th

Crazy Horse Memorial

Join us June 3, 2023 for the 37th Annual Spring Volksmarch at the Crazy Horse Memorial.

2nd Annual US FreedomWalk Festival

Come join us October 20 – 22, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia!

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Your contributions will help fund fitness programs that will help fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and depression among other health related issues – all while having fun!

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MONTHLY WEBINARS

WEBINAR FOR NEW RDS, DEPUTIES AND CLUB OFFICERS OR THOSE RESPONSIBLEFOR SANCTIONING EVENTS – MAY 17, 2023 – 8:00 PM EASTERN TIME

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Update on Special Programs

Creating and Editing Events Request Approval for new events or edited events with changes to event dates, city, or state.

Publish (make public) for other changes (not event dates, city, or state).

New/Edited event changes do NOT appear publicly until RD approved / Published.

RD / State Association event approval.

Types of Club / RD reports.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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