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1. Hi! I’m Anne Laufe from Oregon Walks. Formerly called The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Oregon Walks is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to promoting walking and making the conditions for walking safe, convenient, and attractive for everyone. We’re launching our second annual Walktober event, set to begin October 6th culminating on Halloween. We would love to have you join us in leading a walk.

   Walktober was created with the hope of helping people throughout the region find new ways to walk, and find places to walk and people to enjoy walking with. The event is coordinated around an open calendar, which means that anyone can create, post, and lead a walk. Walks are put on by anyone in the community. We think that your participation would be valuable to the event.

   Last year, we were fortunate to have 43 organized walks and nearly 500 individuals participate in the first annual event. Some of these walks were lead by Transportation for America, Kaiser Permanente, and AARP. In addition to organizations, individuals lead such walks as a waterfront loop run/walk, a pub-crawl, and a weekly lunchtime meet-up group.

   Sign up to lead a walk at http://www.walktoberpdx.org. Select the “Add Event” button on the left where you will be prompted to include a brief description of the walk as well as your contact information. Once your walk is submitted, anyone in the community may join in. Feel free to spread the word on your own through Facebook, Twitter or any other means.

   If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at walktober@oregonwalks.org.

   Thank you for your time and we look forward to your participation.

   Happy trails,

   Anne Laufe

   Oregon Walks Walktober Intern