OUR STORY

About Us

This year on November 25, 2022 we Opt to go outside during Black Friday. Please see below to find events in your area. If you’d like to participate please fill in the form by clinking the button. 

Pictures on the trail.

Benson, AZ

Thunder Mountain Trekkers – YRE 0372

Start Location: Speedway gas station – 4th street

POC: John H. Hedges – .img@.img

The trail is on city streets of the town of Benson.

Registration:  8:30 AM        Walk Start Time:  9:00 AM

Menifee, CA

Low Desert Roadrunners – Menifee Lakes – YRE 1212

Start Location: Stater Bros – 29061 Newport Road

POC: Kathy Bundy – .img@.img

Walking past Menifee Lakes at differant times of the walk. We will visit the Wheatfield Veterans Memorial so if you are doing the WWV books make sure to bring them. We will head on up to Lago Vista Sports Park (Restrooms available) and possibly see a game going on. Then passing the Southshore Elementary School on our left and the Wilderness Lakes RV Resort on our right. As we head on back to the start point we will once again be able to take in one of the 3 lakes that Menifee has to offer during the final stretch. Come out and join us and enjoy this walk after that HUGE turkey dinner you enjoyed the day before. Hope to see you there.

Wheelchair friendly, dog friendly but pet owners PLEASE bring those lovely bags. Walking with Veterans Program also on this walk.

Registration:  8 – 8:30 AM        Walk Start Time:  8:31 AM 

Newark, DE

First State Webfooters – YRE – Y1758

Start Location: Courtyard Marriott Hotel – 400 David Hollowell Drive

POC: Kathy Szczesiak – .img@.img

This walk features the very best of Main Street in Newark, as well as the University of Delaware, a very picturesque college.

If you are in the mood for ice cream, the UDairy Creamery is located at 83 E. Main Street and 535 S. College Avenue.

Registration:  9:45 AM        Walk Start Time:  10:00 AM

Newnan, GA

Georgia Walkers – TRAD

Start Location: Coweta CO Admin Bldg Parking Lot – 22 E Broad St

POC: Connie Clark – .img@.img

The walk is through beautiful Historic Newnan. Walk through a nicely done Veterans Memorial and by beautiful homes from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pass the campus of the university of West Georgia Newnan and Newnan’s City Hall.

Registration:  9:30 AM        Walk Start Time:  10:00 AM

Notre Dame, IN

Hoosier Hikers – YRE MA22/Y0291

Start Location: Walsh Architecture Visitors Lot – 114 Walsh Family Hall of Architecture

POC: Bob Buzolich – .img@.img

Have a serene sojourn with the Hoosier Hikers on this historic university campus, where you will experience the delights of nature on a crisp Friday morning and view a number of world renown and historic sites.

The Group Walks start at 9:30 am from the designated start point. You must register to participate in this event. If you register through the Online Start Box, go straight to the designated start point. If you wish to register through the Physical Start Box, meet Bob at the Ivy Court Inn & Suites, 1404 Ivy Court, South Bend, Indiana 46637, no later than 9 am. On Friday, November 25, there will be no paid parking at the Visitors Parking Lot, because it will be during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend.

Registration:  9:00 am to 9:30 am (EST)       Walk Start Time: 9:30 am

Glen Burnie, MD

Freestate Happy Wanderers –  BWI Airport Observation Overlook – YRE 1360

Start Location: Starbucks Coffee – 7933 Ritchie Highway

POC: Bill Hassell – .img@.img

Walk thru neighborhoods to BWI Trail to Airport Overlook Park. 10-Km or 5-Km options thru Glen Burnie and Sawmill Park and B&A Trail. Fun time with walkers and lunch somewhere fun.

Please have correct change, $3 walk fee or Freestate’s “Cheaper by the Dozen” coupons.

 

Fun time and bring a new walker friend to a volksmarch Year-Round-Event

Registration:  9:00 AM        Walk Start Time:  9:30 AM

Concord, MA

Walk ‘n Mass Volkssport Club – YRE/Y0223

Start Location: Walgreens – 71 Lowell Road

POC: Miriam Boucher – .img@.img

Two 5km loops: The North Bridge Loop includes the Minute Man National Historical Park, The Old Manse, the Colonial Inn, Monument Square, the historic First Parish Church, Concord Museum and Emerson House. The Natural Trail Loop uses trails through conservation land and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including Author’s Ridge.

Meet at picnic table outside Walgreens on SATURDAY, Nov. 26.

Registration:  9:45 AM        Walk Start Time:  10:00 AM

Fall River, MA

Walk ‘n Mass Volkssport Club – YRE/Y0711

Start Location: Battleship Cove Gift Shop – 5 Water Street

POC: Ann Plichta – .img@.img

Walk routes (10km and 6km) include historic neighborhoods, Lizzie Borden’s house, city parks designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, Veterans Bicentennial Park with the Iwo Jima sculpture and the 80% replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall, and the boardwalk overlooking Battleship Cove.

Registration:  9:45 AM        Walk Start Time:  10:00 AM

San Antonio, TX

Randolph Roadrunners – Southside Lions – Trad

Start Location: Southside Lions Park  – 4600 Pecan Valley Drive

POC: Ellen Ott – .img@.img

Enjoy a 1.6km stroll around a lovely shaded lake.  Part of the walk will also be on the linear trail.  A hot dog lunch for a minimum charge will be offered.  Show your skill at the first ever Roadrunner CORN HOLE CONTEST.  

Registration:  9 AM – Noon            Walk Start Time:  9 AM – Noon

Madison, WI

Dairyland Walkers – Madison Arboretum Walk – YRE

Start Location: Colectivo Coffee – 2530 Monroe St. 

POC: Mary B. Liebig – .img@.img

This is a beautiful, scenic walk around Lake Wingra, passing a former stagecoach inn, through the 1,260 acre University of Wisconsin Arboretum, past Madison’s Henry Vilas Zoo (free admission), and past Edgewood College. A wonderful walk with something for the entire family.

Registration:  8:45 AM        Walk Start Time:  9:00 AM

Buffalo, WY

Buffalo Pathfinders – TRAD

Start Location: Super 8 Motel Lobby – 655 E Hart St.

POC: Lois Petersen – .img@.img

Walk through the historic district of beautiful downtown Buffalo and along the scenic Clear Creek Trail.  Watch for deer and a variety of birds that call this trail home.

Dogs on leash are welcome.

Registration:  7:45 AM        Walk Start Time:  8:00 AM