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Then & NOW
The park district handed out Fall Hiking Spree certificates. (above) | 965
Bert Szabo (left) hands out hiking spree rewards at Goodyear Heights. | 967
~ Fall Hiking Spree ~
Christy Counterman, Marketing Assistant
The first Fall Hiking Spree lasted just two
today. Are you a “heritage hiker?” If you
months, from October to November
completed the spree within the first
30, 964. That inaugural year, ,530 area
decade of the event, or if you’ve hiked
residents each completed seven hikes in
for 50 years or more — even if they
six parks for a total of 9.8 miles to earn
are not consecutive years — we’d like
the inaugural hiking staff. Fast forward to
to meet you (and your hiking staff) and
2020, when park visitors could choose
share a special reward with you.
eight hikes or more from a list of 2 trails to complete the 57th annual Fall Hiking Spree. Approximately 7,000 hikers rose to the challenge and collected rewards, shattering previous records. Tens of thousands of people have enjoyed autumn by participating in the Fall Hiking Spree between 964 and summitmetroparks.org
Please contact us by: • calling 330-867-55 • emailing contact@ summitmetroparks.org or • sharing your story with us on our centennial website: summitmetroparks100.org/ share-your-stories.
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