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Freestate Wanderings
President
Bob Wolfe (301) 879-6898
VP
Tom Mosely (301) 367-3654
Treasurer
Sue Barna
Secretary
Linda Hassell (410) 437-2164
Newsletter of the Freestate Happy Wanderers (FHW)
(One of America’s Walking Clubs (AVA)) Club 190
November– December 2019 Issue
Submit news to Linda : [email protected]
and photos to Phill: [email protected]
Freestate Happy Wanderers
meetings are held at the Savage
United Methodist Church
– Faith and Ministry Center
Turn onto Gorman Rd from. US Route 1. At the traffic light, .3 mi., turn right onto Foundry Street passing both the Bollman Struss Bridge and the Antique Mill Market , passing Washington street to Baltimore Street. The Faith and Ministry Center is to your right. Doors open at 7 p.m
9032 Baltimore St, Savage, MD 20763
FHW – President’s Remarks.
It’s the time of the year to enjoy cooler walking weather and the colorful fall foliage.
While this year REI is no longer sponsoring OptOutside events on Black Friday, the
AVA is still encouraging events and will help advertise them. Freestate will do group
walks of our Laurel YRE on November 29th at 9:30 am for OptOutside. Please join
us to walk off some of your Thanksgiving dinner and as a break from shopping.
At our December 12th club meeting we’ll have a social gathering while conducting any
essential business. We will have some BBQ from Mission BBQ and ask those attending
to bring a dish or dessert. The main business will be final preparations for our next event,
which is our biggest events of the year on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
We’re back at the United Methodist church in Savage, MD at the main church building
for both days this year. The workers walks are planned for November 24th. Again we’ll
have four 5-KM trails for the events, and food sales. Please sign up to help.
Our January social dinner is taking shape. We are looking into the Stained Glass Pub in
Elkridge, Maryland on January 19th. This year expect less of a program, while still
enjoying the social event.
We have ideas for a couple events for next year and expect to sanction two or three
events, but have not yet sanctioned any. We need your ideas, and almost as important
your help in organizing events. We have club members to help with the details.
Mark your calendars for April 24 – 26, 2020 for the Atlantic Region conference and
events in the Columbia, PA area. These are always good events, and this is where my
mother is from, so I know the area well.
Here’s some AVA news of interest. 1) Anyone can now receive the Checkpoint from the
AVA. The Checkpoint is the main communication tool of the AVA National Office, and
has been emailed primarily to club officers. Send an email to Hector at [email protected]
to be added to the mailing list. 2) I encourage everyone to register for the new AVA
website my.ava.org. The OLSB has transitioned to this site and eventually AVA will
transfer all business. This site does have the “new look” event pages, although for those
who still like the old view you can present them that way also. We can and will now
have to upload our brochures associated with our events, and now can load photos of the
events and a few lines selling the highlights of the event. 3) Please note AVA members
can scan and submit our books electronically to [email protected] . You can and should
also submit your Record of Achievement along with your books. You can choose
whether you want patches, pins, certificates or none of these. The front of your book
must have your name, address, phone number and email address, and I’m sure your AVA
Record of Achievement number as well. So you can’t just put an address label on the
books like I do now. The Checkpoint has specific details that are helpful when
submitting your books electronically. You still can mail in your books to the AVA at the
address on the front of the book to the attention of Karen Winkle.
We are still looking for an events committee chair and a checkpoint coordinator. We
cover events in our club meeting, but have limited time for discussion. The event POCs
now do a little more coordination for checkpoint supplies, getting them from those of us
who are storing club assets. You help out Tom Mosely by storing the checkpoint
supplies for us.
Thank you, and see you on the trail.
Bob Wolfe
Linda’s Heartbeat of Freestate-AVA-190
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love with measure. - Tibetan Proverb
FREESTATE FUTURE WANDERING DATES: Mark your calendars
November 14 – Freestate Club Meeting - Thursday
November 24 – Group Worker’s Walk of the New Year’s Trails – Sunday 10 a.m.
November 29 – Opt Out Walk of our YRE in Laurel- Friday – 9:30 a.m.
December 12 - FHW Club Holiday Meeting bring a dish to share for dinner. RSVP-Thursday 6 pm or so
December 31-January 1 Tuesday and Wednesday – Freestate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Walks- sign up as a volunteer, mid-November sign ups list will be available.
Atlantic Regional Meeting – April 24-26, 2020 – Columbia, PA – details soon. Please consider a donation to the Silent Auction being held at the Atlantic Regional Meeting in April. Re-gifting/donating items that are nearly new will raise funds but also your treasures will find new homes. This is a way to recycle and reuse.
Share Your Adventures with your fellow club members – send to Phill Wilder [email protected]
• New Years Events workers/volunteers group walk on Sunday, November 24 meet at the Savage
Methodist Church, Baltimore and Foundry Streets at 10 AM
• Opt-Out of shopping on Friday, November 29 - walking the Laurel YRE, meeting at the Holiday Inn, Laurel Place, off Rt 1 in Laurel. Sign in at 9:30 and walk at 10 am.
• The December 12 Holiday Club Meeting we will have dinner. Plan on arriving at 6 PM, meal at
approximately 6:30 PM. We always can use help setting up and of course help with the clean up. Bring a dish to share and club is providing Mission BBQ. RSVP to [email protected], what dish you will bring and that you will attend. Short meeting and good food.
• The Annual Club dinner is scheduled for January 19, 2020. Details are being worked out and a flyer will
be forwarded to you and can sign up at the New Years events. Always a special gift for our volunteers.
CONGRATULATIONS – The American Wanderer is only published four times a year so nothing to report in this newsletter. Keep sending in your books. AVA: America’s Walking Club
NEW YEAR’S WORKERS/VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
It’s that time of year when we are looking for volunteers to work at our New Year Events in Savage again this year. A sign-up list will be sent via the INTERNET in November for members and friends to volunteer. If you are not on the INTERNET and would like to volunteer call Bill or Linda Hassell at 410-437-2164. The list will be circulated at the November and December meetings. Kitchen help is also appreciated and will be on the volunteer sign-up.
Please be sure to bring baked-goods for sale for the walks on 12/31 and 1/1/20. This is a great way to get rid of the holiday cookies and candies. Freestate members are collecting warm winter adult hats, gloves, scarves and coats, in new or gently used condition. Items will be distributed to a charity for the needy in our area. Non-perishable food items also welcome.
NEW YEAR’S EVENTS INFORMATION
Bring a friend or invite a neighbor to Freestate’s next walk event on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day – Start/Finish: On Tuesday 12/31 and on Wednesday 1/1 at the Savage United Methodist Church, 9050 Baltimore St. Drive directions and brochure on our website www.mdvolks.org/freestate/. Start time both days anytime between 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM, finish by 4:00 PM. Two 10-km trails, with four 5-km loops. The trails follow sidewalks, paved paths and natural wooded areas near the Savage Mill Historic District. The Savage YRE will be available both days. Food and restrooms are at the start location. If you need a brochure email [email protected] and we will forward. POC’s The Hassell’s
REMEMBERING OUR CLUB MEMBERS AND FRIENDS -
Knee replacements - Bev DiMenna, cards and FB messages are always appreciated, 21921 Surfboard Blvd., Millsboro, DE 19996 - Carol Quinlan, recently had a hip replacement and is scheduled for knee replacement in December, 12508 Caswell Ln., Bowie, MD 20715.
Holiday cards to:
Col. Ken Wilson, Sunrise Assisted Living, Fox Hill C717, 8300 Burdette Rd., Bethesda, MD 20817;
Bill Brabant, 8747 Contee Road- #404, Laurel, MD 20708 and of course Phill Wilder 9462 Glen Ridge Drive, Laurel, MD 20723. Encourage Phill and Bill to attend the New Years events in the cards you send please.
Atlantic Region Calendar (Official Regional Director's Calendar) this information last modified 10/13/19
November 2019
02 W Great Greenbelt Volksmarchers Laurel, MD (Patuxent Research Refuge) 301.431.6668
02 W Liberty Bell Wanderers Langhorne, PA (Langhorne, PA (Buck\'s County)) 215.750.7807
03 W German American Volkssport Assn Fredericksburg, VA (First Day at Chancellorsville) 540.809.6227
08/10 W York White Rose Wanderers Gettysburg, PA (Haunted Gettysburg) 717.677.6511
09 W York White Rose Wanderers Gettysburg, PA (Haunted Gettysburg) 717.677.6511
09 S York White Rose Wanderers Gettysburg, PA (Haunted Gettysburg) 717.677.6511
11 W Peninsula Pathfinders Williamsburg, VA (Veteran\'s Day Volksmarch 2019) 757.476.5789
16 NW Seneca Valley Sugarloafers Gaithersburg, MD (Seneca Creek State Park Moonlight Walk) 301-570-4235
December 2019
07 NW Baltimore Walking Club Baltimore, MD (Hampden Holiday Lights and Neighborhoods) 410.825.4008
07/08 W Northern Virginia Volksmarchers
Alexandria, VA (Alexandria Holiday Weekend Extravaganza (Old Town Scottish Walk)) 703.360.5692
07/08 W Great Greenbelt Volksmarchers
Alexandria, VA (Alexandria Holiday Weekend Extravaganza (National Harbor Walk) Alexandria Holiday Weekend Extrava) 703.360.5692
09 NW Columbia Volksmarch Club Columbia, MD (20th Annual Winter Week Night Walk) 410.290.6510
13/14 NW Peninsula Pathfinders Williamsburg, VA (Christmas Time Night Walk) 757.814.1417 13/15 S Peninsula Pathfinders Williamsburg, VA (Christmas Time Swim) 757.814.1417 14 W Annapolis Amblers Annapolis, MD (Lighted Boat Parade) 301.509.6748 14/15 W Peninsula Pathfinders Williamsburg, VA (Christmas Time Walk) 757.814.1417
31 W Freestate Happy Wanderers Savage, MD (Savage, 20763, MD) (Twp Trails) 410.437.2164
January 2020
01 W Freestate Happy Wanderers
Savage, MD (Savage 20763) (Two trails) 410.533.5805
Activity Notes
Pictures contributed
by Linda and Bill Hassell from
Xenia , OH
Others are from FB, Facebook
What kind of legacy are you choosing to leave?
Sure you paid club dues, maybe. Yes, you paid walking fees for credit. But the next generation is DIGITAL and if we
want to leave a legacy of walking together, in safe interesting places, and promote comradery, we need to help the
AVA be transformed to capture our best remembered parts. Please don’t analyze endlessly —just DO IT!! Sign up for
the Friends of America’s Walking Club Sustained Giving Program. Help fund fitness programs that fight against obesi-
ty, diabetes, heart, disease, high blood pressure, cancer and depression. With as little as $5 a month, you have the
power to touch a life. Please give financial strength and stability to our parent organization by being part of the
Friends of America’s Walking Club Sustained Giving Program. To do this go to
https://ava.charityproud.org/Donate/?cid=2471
All donations are 100% federal tax deductible
Deloris Granier is a heroine working valiantly to
bring America’s Walking Club to the forefront of
young people’s awareness of our sport. The
“town” part of the District of Columbia issued
special citations to volunteers of this event.
President comments to AVA membership
This is a short note about a topic that we have discussed previously—change. There are times when change is essential. Recall
Blockbuster—they failed to change and from a peak in 2004 of 9,094 stores there is now only one physical Blockbuster in the
entire world (located in Bend, OR). While there are other examples of businesses that failed to change as the world changed
around them, I think you get the point. The curves that I showed in the “State of the AVA Nation” clearly show that AVA has
been on a downward trajectory for some time. It is obvious that we must make significant changes if we are going to survive.
We started making changes with the move to do business as AVA: America’s Walking Club. While we are proud of our Volks-
marching tradition and history, it was not resonating with our potential customers. We haven’t thrown away our tradition and
history, but we recognized that we needed to put the America’s Walking Club out in front if we were going to attract new folks.
…..which will you choose?
Activity Notes
Checkpoint Available via Email to all Club Members Who Request it.
To receive an electronic copy of the CHECKPOINT, send your request to Hector at [email protected]
Please note on the subject line: Request for Checkpoint
YOU WILL BE IN the KNOW
Have you tried being part of the
Walker Tracker? I am showing a
weekly report. This year is com-
ing to a close, Be on the look-
out beginning next year. You
can connect to your FitBit. At St Mary’s City YRE
Nice thing about volksmarching is when
you visit family you can usually find
a YRE along the way. We stopped in
Xenia, Ohio on our way to visit Linda's
The Newsletter of Freestate Happy Wanderers (an American Volkssport Association Club AVA-190) Phill Wilder Compiler 9462 Glen Ridge Dr Laurel, MD 20723
Mission Statement:
The American Volkssport
Association promotes FUN,
FITNESS, and FRIENDSHIP
through non-competitive walk-
ing and other sporting events
for everyone.
Freestate Happy Wanderers is a IRS 501 c (3) qualified organization EIN 52-1665323. Donations of money and volunteer expenses (with proper
documentation) are deductible to the full extent of the law.
Ending and then starting fresh on the New Year’s Has long been a Freestate tradition.
Give yourself a gift and join us
• Start/Finish: On Tuesday 12/31 and on Wednesday 1/1 at the Savage United Methodist Church, 9050 Baltimore St. Drive directions
and brochure on our website www.mdvolks.org/freestate/. Start time both days anytime between 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM, finish by 4:00 PM