CARP’s National Walking Day “Hearts in Motion”
Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/05/2018
9:00 am
Location
small roadside parking past Cranbrook Golf Course
Category(ies)
Cranbrook, BC: Canada’s largest association representing older Canadians has added regular
physical activity as a priority for its members and for all Canadians as we age. To kick off their
“Stand Up Straight” campaign, Chapters across Canada are promoting CARP’s National Walking Day
on May 26th, 2018 to highlight the importance of regular, moderate physical activity for seniors as the
most effective means to improving the health and well-being of seniors in Canada.
CARP Kootenay Chapter #23, which covers the East and West Kootenays, encourages you to get up
and go! Whether you prefer wilderness hikes, “urban strolls” along Rotary Way or indoor walking on the
concourse at Western Financial Place, walking is easy for Cranbrook area residents. Connecting
Cranbrook to Kimberley’s abundant recreational opportunities, like The Platzl and the Kimberley Nature
Park, is the NorthStar Rails 2 Trails. This 28 km of paved trail features gentle grades and spectacular
views of the Steeples range, the St. Mary’s River, and the Purcell range, and welcomes walkers,
runners, bikers, bladers and nordic skiers. There are trailheads in both Kimberley and Cranbrook, and a
few parking lots and outhouses near the trail between Marysville and Cranbrook. Click on
www.northstarrailtrail.com for information, trail history and a beautiful photographic “sneak peek”.
To celebrate National Walking Day, area residents are invited to join CARP board members and the
“Hearts in Motion” walking group on Friday, May 25. The walk begins at 9am at a small roadside
parking lot located on 2nd Street South, past the Cranbrook Golf Course (a long block past Edgewood
Dr). If the lot is full, extra parking may be available on a nearby cul-de-sac.
CARP Chapter 23 will also
be present at the Cranbrook Farmers Market on Saturday, May 26. Take a short walk there to say hello!
Says Kootenay Chapter 23 President, Karen Bailey-Romanko, “it’s about friends, fun and fitness. There
are so many different ways to get moving…and nowhere more beautiful than the Kootenays to do it!”
Reach Kootenay CARP by emailing [email protected], calling Karen at 250.426.5021 or logging on to
www.facebook.com/KootenayCARP. If you’re headed for Cranbrook on Saturday, May 26th, visit
committee members at the Cranbrook Farmers Market.
For more information about the national campaign, visit www.carp.ca/standupstraight
