The results are in. In only its second year in Drumheller, 712 participants, with 14,086 minutes walked in total, headed outside for Winter Walk Day.
The number of participants is a huge increase over last year’s first attempt at the annual, Alberta-wide event.
“This was the first official year. Last year it was mostly for seniors, plus a small community walk. We’ve more than doubled the turnout. It’s been fantastic,” said Rose Poulson, seniors coordinator for the Town of Drumheller and organizer of the event.
Greentree School had the largest turnout with 251 participants, follwed by St. Anthony’s School with 157. It wasn’t just schools, seniors and staff from the Town of Drumheller, ATCO, Super 8/Ramada, and the Drumheller Health Center also walked the walk. The youngest participant was a mere six months old.
Drumheller will continue with annual Winter Walk Days. The goal is to get more people out walking and make it easier for residents to log their minutes.
Over 700 Drumheller residents participated in the second annual Drumheller Winter Walk Day on February 6, more than double that of last year. The goal is to get even more residents out for the event next year.
