Walkathon

By now all of our seniors’ clubs should have received the information for our annual walkathon.   If you did not receive a package and are interested in joining in the walkathon, or have any questions please contact me at j.boyer@sasktel.net.

The Walkathon is meant to help us all break out of the winter doldrums and get back to moving. Remember cycling, swimming, bowling and using a treadmill are all acceptable forms of exercise. If there is some other form of moving you do and aren’t sure if it is acceptable please feel free to contact me.  I will be able to give you the information you need.

The dates for the 2024 Walkathon are April 1st to May 15th.

Keep track of all of your activities and at the end of this six weeks your information will be remitted to the event coordinator and tabulated to see the winning results.  Club totals must be in no later than May 25th. Remember all of the winning results will be available at the convention in June where certificates will be presented to the winners.

We will see you at the convention and until then happy moving.

This event is meant to encourage all the members of our Seniors Clubs across Saskatchewan to get moving after a long winter. For six weeks your club members will keep track of their daily physical activities using a formula supplied in the information kit your club will receive.  At the end of six weeks your information will be remitted to the event coordinator and tabulated to see the winning results.  All this information will be available at the convention or before. Certificates will be presented to the winners at the convention. Because of the way the calculations are done every club has the same opportunity to receive a certificate.

It is called a walkathon, but other forms of exercise are acceptable.  Cycling, swimming, and bowling just to name a few.  Also using a treadmill is an acceptable form of exercise.  The Participaction website has a list of activities that you may find useful as well. https://www.participaction.com/en-ca. Our Walkathon is all about having fun and getting healthy.

The dates for the 2024 Walkathon will be the same as 2023, April 1st to May 15th.  Club totals must be in no later than May 24th.  I will be mailing out packages to the clubs at the end of February.  If you do not receive a package and are interested in joining in the walkathon, or have questions please contact me at one of the forms of communication listed below.   Let’s make this the best walkathon we have ever had by encouraging our family and friends to join in the walk!!

Joan Boyer   Treasurer, St. Joseph Seniors Club
email – j.boyer@sasktel.net      phone – 306-980-8151 or 306-422-8487
mail – St. Joseph Seniors Club, PO Box 248, St. Louis, SK.S0J 2C0