WELCOME!
Join others in participating in the City of Weatherford Parks and Recreation Department's Walking for Wellness Program. Start anytime. Simply register online so you can submit your miles or steps and you'll be included in the Current Totals for the City of Weatherford. You may also submit your miles using the walking log sheet found on the About Us page or sending them via email to walkinginfo@swosu.edu. Whichever way you choose, it's free, it's fun and it's for everybody. There's no limit to the number of participants. There's no minimum amount to walk. There's no commitment. You just walk...for the health of it!

UPCOMING EVENTS
Learn to Download Music for Walking – January 20, 2009
Weatherford Public Library will host the free 7PM event to demonstrate how to download music to your iPod/MP3 player. Prize drawing - MP3 player (donated by Walgreens).

Walk at the YMCA – February 11, 2009 (Tentative Date)
The Great Plains Family YMCA will host the free 8PM event.  A brief educational program will be held before the prize drawing and optional walk on the Y’s indoor walking track.  Prize drawing –YMCA Membership!

4 Weeks to a 5K – March 2, 2009
The Weatherford Regional Hospital will host the free 7PM event.  A brief educational program on preparing for a 5K walk will be held before the prize drawing. 

More Events TBA
More Walking for Wellness Program activities and walking events will be scheduled in April, May, June, July and August before starting the 3rd year of the program in September.

 

REPORTED TOTALS
Totals include walking activity submitted via walking logs as well as the walking website and emails.

2ND YEAR TOTALS (12-month program started September 2008):
November 2008: Miles=1,738.99; Participants=39 adults.
Year-to-Date: Miles=9,075.02; Participants=219

1st YEAR TOTALS (12-month program started September 2007):
Total Miles=61,631.17; Total Participants=327 adults, 1,090 public school students.

WAY TO WALK, WEATHERFORD!

WINNERS!
It pays to walk! Carlotta Hetrick was the winner of the prize drawing for the November walking activity. She won a Wal-Mart gift card donated by the Walking for Wellness Program. Participants submitting their monthly walking activity by the monthly deadline (using the walking website, the walking log sheet or email) are eligible for the monthly prize drawing.

It pays in a GRAND way to walk! Walkers who submit their monthly walking activity each and every month throughout the year of the program will be entered into a Grand Prize drawing.

IT'S FREE!
Yes, the Walking for Wellness Program is free for everybody! But the program doesn't walk by itself. It needs your support. Donations, including in-kind gifts, are greatly appreciated. Contact the W'ford Parks & Recreation Department or any of the committee members (found on the Contact Us page) to make a tax-deductible donation or to provide in-kind gifts to the walking program. Donations will be used to help encourage people to be active and exercise as well as educate them about health issues so they can live longer, happier lives. Volunteer committee members organize the free Walking for Wellness Program. Fundraisers and donations pay for incentive prizes, motivational education expenses and promotional costs of the program. To support the future of the Walking for Wellness Program, please contact us today.

VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The Walking for Wellness Program is still going strong...and continuing to make a difference in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The 2nd year of the program started September, 2007.

As a volunteer-driven program, the committee members are extremely vital to the success of the walking program. And as the program grows, so does the need for more volunteers. There is no doubt that the walking program is growing; so yes, we need more volunteers...we need YOU!

Please give consideration to being a volunteer for the Walking for Wellness Program. If interested, please email walkinginfo@swosu.edu.

What could be more fitting than to volunteer for a community-wide program that includes fun, friends and fitness?!

WEATHERFORD, LET'S ALL WALK...FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!