LDWA 50 Year Anniversary 2022


LDWA 50 Year Anniversary 2022
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Dorset LDWA

Hello Everyone,

 

The committee have recently received the an email from the National Local Groups Secretary (Karen Pickersgill)) regarding our 50-year anniversary, which is next year, and we need your help!

Her email contains the following information:

 

Next year we will be celebrating 50 years of the Long Distance Walkers Association and, as you will have read in Strider, we intend to celebrate this important milestone throughout 2022. I’ve no doubt that, in true LDWA style, we will be celebrating to a large extent by doing what we do best – walking!

August’s Strider highlights some of the activities and events which are being planned for the anniversary year which include a competition to design a logo for use during the 50th anniversary, a Long Distance Waking Festival and our very own LDWA Cookery Book.

This milestone provides a perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the LDWA both nationally and locally. The December issue of Strider will feature a calendar style pull-out which will bring together all the 50th Anniversary events and activities planned by the local groups. By sharing what’s going on, local groups can get ideas from each other and hopefully join together in the planned celebrations.   

Some groups have already started to share how they will be marking the occasion. In addition to a wide range of (in some cases 50-themed) walks, plans include commemorative memorabilia, a social evening based around the history of the local group (with talks and past photographs), a family treasure hunt and celebration lunches and dinners.

A large number of groups include members who no longer walk and the 50th Anniversary is an opportunity to involve them – we want as many members as possible to feel part of the celebrations.

 

Karen then goes on to say that she will be collecting information from local groups on how they plan to celebrate, in order to add the details to the calendar of events, by 15 October 2021.

So, your Dorset Group Committee would like to hear how you would like to celebrate this milestone!

Please submit your ideas and how you could contribute to making them happen, to me at  dorset.ldwa.secretary@gmail.com  before our next committee meeting, which is 7 October 2021. This will enable us to discuss them and submit the details for inclusion in the national calendar before the deadline.

Looking forward to hearing your ideas!

Pat Clifton

Group Secretary

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