HISTORIC PATHWALKERS FALL NEWSLETTER Nov. 2012 Our walking season is coming to an end along with the nice fall weather. The participation numbers this year were down considerably but that seems to be the overall trend in the AVA. It’s been a challenging year for our club and quite frankly I’m not sure how much longer we will be able to continue. Membership is dwindling and our group walks have been sparsely attended. We are sanctioning six walks for next year as year round or seasonal walks. They are: Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Holland, Lansing, St. Joseph and Traverse City. That is half the number we had this year and we’ll take another look at them next year to see if we can continue. In the meantime I hope as many of you as can will take advantage of our walks. Lansing is a year round so can be walked almost any time. Just check the website www.ava.org for details. Our other walks will close at the end of November. Please be sure to retrieve the box(es) and send your stamps to AVA, 1001 Pat Booker Rd., Suite 101, Universal City, TX 78148 ASAP to avoid a penalty and money should be sent to our treasurer Alma Lucas, 5261 Southbrook Ct. #51, Hudsonville MI. The final walk statistics report must be submitted to the AVA at the end of the year so I would appreciate it if you could email that info to me when you have it. Even if you had no walkers the last quarter, please be sure to let me know. I’d like to thank everyone who has hosted a box this year and a special thank you to those who will not be doing it next year. We appreciate your willingness to help the club in this way. We couldn’t have done it without you! The holidays are in sight and I hope you all have a very enjoyable holiday season! Pres: Jean Woltjer jean.woltjer@att.net 616-392-2844 VP: Pat Korloch pk55@juno.com 517-882-1495 Sec: John Pierce jwpierce53@gmail.com 616-527-2413 Treas: Alma Lucas ajlucas@charter.net 616-669-2359