Club Information

 

If you are part of a volkssport club in the state of Washington, here’s how you can contribute to (and benefit from) the Washington State Challenge:

 

 

For the new Town & Trail program: 

The Town & Trail program asks walkers to collect stamps from events related to certain themes (such as ‘Flowers’ or ‘Museums’).  Each club chooses the category or categories for which their events qualify. For example, a club whose walk follows a named trail in a state park may qualify for both the Trail and the Park categories. In this instance a club would identify that the event qualifies for both a Park and a Trail, although credit walkers may apply the stamp to only one category (their choice). Only designate the categories that are going to be active during the year your event takes place (each themed booklet runs for three years). 

Also, please send us a list of your YREs and what they qualify for and we will put them on this site!!!

 

The specific guidelines are:

 

Nature booklet (2004-2006) — contains Parks, Trails, Mountains and Flowers.  To qualify for one of these categories an event route must feature a park, have a significant view of (or take place on) a mountain in Washington, be on a portion of a nature or named trail, or alongside or through a flower garden or field.

 

Town & Country booklet (2005-2007) — contains Colleges & Universities, Downtowns, Fairs & Festivals and Agriculture.  To qualify for one of these categories an event route must be alongside or through a portion of a college campus, through a city downtown area, held at or during a festival (thus only regular events qualify for this one), or alongside or through an agricultural growing area (wheat field, orchard, vineyard, etc.)

 

Waters booklet (2006-2008) — contains Lakes, Rivers, Bridges and Ocean Front.  To qualify for one of these categories an event route must be alongside a lake, a river, on a bridge over water, or along an oceanfront area.

 

History booklet (2007-2009) — contains Museums, Monuments, Places on the National Historic Register and Cemeteries.  To qualify for one of these categories an event route must go by a monument, a house or building on the national historic register, a museum, or alongside or through a cemetery.

 


For 39 Counties

Please add the county for all your walks to the description in Pathfinder, Starting Point, and brochures.  The 39 Counties program has been extended indefinitely.

 


In General

¨         Link to this site from your club website (if you have one)

¨         Email us if you have an upcoming walk for a hard-to-get county/category/etc. so that we can feature it in our news section!

¨         We welcome your suggestions!

 

 

Clubs wanting to join the WSC committee:

To be a part of the WSC all that’s required is that you supply a club member to be on our email committee and attend the WSC meetings.  The WSC meetings are quarterly, right after the ESVA meetings.

CONTACTS for Washington State Challenge:

Chair, Millie Haupt;    Website updates,  Jane Holmes
“39 Counties” program, “Water” program, Dick Baker
 “Nature” program, “Town & Country” program,  Bobbie Ferg
"History" program, Tina