The AVA (American Volkssport Association (now America's Walking Club) will be celebrating 50 years of walking in 2026. (17 Walk events being held across the US in 2026. list of the events is on the link)
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I ​will be adding more information about this as I receive it. Stay tuned. There are AVA walk events being planned across the US to celebrate our history and volksporting that began in the US in 1976. Stay tuned...

​The above illustration is credited to James Yamasaki. The source is the University of Washington Magazine June 2022 publication Why Do We Walk. (When we volkswalk this is kind of how it looks) I really like this illustration. 
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EVERYBODY WALK videos (Originally published 2011)

VOLKSWALK 
History of Volkssporting by Charlene Agne-Traub Ph.D, CHES, AVA Historian written in 1991.

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The Joy of Volkswalking by Mary Frances Going (2nd Edition)

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Wikipedia - Volksmarching 

"October is National Volkssport Month"

OptOutside 
The day after Thanksgiving November 25th

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NATIONAL WEEK of WALKING April 1-7 

AVA National Walking Week 

International Volkswalk Events: 
​IML World Wide Walking festival - walking events  

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Volkswalk Events: 2024-2026 (not all are represented here)

50th Anniversary List of 17 Walk Events Across the US
Walking Festivals/ Fetes de la Marche 2025 Walking calendar for Canadian Volkssport Federation (CVF)
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This stone is located in Vancouver, WA at Esther Short Park facing Columbia St.

Volkswalking Clubs National and International et al:

Websites: 
AVA American Volkssport Association (dba) America's Walking Club (phasing out the older website for AVA)
BWF British Walking Federation
CVF Canadian Volksport Federation 
DVV German Volkkssportverband
ESVA Evergreen State Volkssport Association Washington, US
FFSP French Volkssport Federation
IML Walking Association
JVA Japan Volkssport Association 
MVA Maryland Volkssport Association Maryland, US
Tater Tours-Walking and Volkssport Tours  Mary Ptacek is the Head Tater
VABC Volkssport Association of British Columbia
Walking Adventures - Walking Tours
Walk Oregon Walking in Oregon and SW Washington 
Volksmarching - Wikipedia 

​TAFISA The Association for International Sport for All
International Federation of Popular Sports 

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Articles: 

Let's Get Out There Ambulators Pound the Pavement on National Walking Week by Jon Goodwin KGW8
Volksmarch Get FIT Have FUN by Melanie Rockette in Sugar-Free-Zone Website
Volksmarching: Self-Paced Walking Near or Far by Elizabeth Rose 2/10/2022
What is a Volksmarch? Walking for Fun, Friendship and Fitness by Karen (German girl in America)
United We Walk by Katie Gutierrez March 2022 from Texas Highways 
Volkssporting: A Whole New Kind of Walk by Celeste perrino Walker 1/12/1998? Vibrant Life

FACEBOOK GROUPS

AVA: America's Walking Club​
​America's Walking Club (for nonprofits)
IML Walking Association 
Oregon Walking Group 

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