11th Annual Walk-A-Thon and Block Party for Girls’ and Women’s Health

A fun parade winding through the parks and streets of the East Village and ending at an “old school” Girls Club-style block party, where we’ll be dancing to the beats of the Girls Club’s own Avenue DJs. The Health & Wellness Fair and Block Party will host an array of community health providers and organizations, street games and participatory activities, healthy food for purchase, and our Fair Trade & Girl Made products for sale.

Teams gather outside the Lower Eastside Girls Club at 10:30 AM to register for the walk. At 11:15 AM, the Brooklyn Express Drumline Marching Band will kick-off the Walk-A-Thon with their energetic rhythms and beats.

• Sign up your team or become a team captain at girlsclub.org/walkathon
• Gather 10 or more people to form a team.
• Each team member raises a minimum of $100 through small donations.
• Round up your team for October 5^th and get creative with your team’s dress code and name (there will be prizes and t-shirts!)
• Bonus! Find a matching sponsor and double your support.

Our annual Walk-A-Thon and Health and Wellness Fair support the health and wellness programming we provide for over 1,000 low-income girls and young women in the Lower East Side community each year. These programs include yoga, modern and Step dance classes, a running club, meditation workshops, healthy cooking and nutrition classes and a daily plant-based meal before every class. All at no cost to our members!  And (spoiler alert) coming in 2020, we will be expanding our wellness programs, opening our own Center for Wellbeing and Happiness on Avenue D.

Community engagement is crucial to the success of this event: we need you to help us reach our $50,000 Walk-A-Thon 2019 goal!

Following the Walk-A-Thon, everyone will be welcomed back to 8th street for an old school block party! While our community partners and sponsors table at the Health and Wellness fair, our very own Avenue D-Js will be mixing and performing live music to keep the celebration going! We’ll offer games, wellness activities, and more.

To find out more information about this event, please email Kylee Roberts at kylee@girlsclub.org.