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Walk Across Texas!

Walk Across Texas is a free program from Texas Cooperative Extension. It is an eight week walking program for teams of eight people, and the goal is to motivate people to increase their levels of physical activity. The program is conducted in Dallas and Tarrant Counties during September and October.


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• Steps to Participate
• Dallas County Kick-Off Event
Tarrant County Kick-Off Event
Team Registration Form (must be turned into appropriate county office)
Instructions for Online Registration



The steps to participate are quite easy:

-Put together a team of eight people. Designate a team captain, and determine a team name.

-Register your team on-line at http://walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu by September 6th.

-Make plans to attend the Walk Across Texas kick-off event in your county on September 6th. You will need to turn in a team registration form at the kick-off event.

-Team members will begin logging miles on September 7th.

-On Sunday of each week, team members will e-mail their team captain with their total mileage for the week.

-The team captain will total the teams mileage for the week and enter that on-line each week at http://walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu. Teams will be able to go to the site to compare how their team is doing compared to all the other teams participating in the county.

-We’ll have a big party at the end of the eight weeks and recognize all the teams that participated.


Kick-off Information

At the Kick-off, you can make sure you are properly registered for the program, receive free educational literature and give-away items, sign up for a free weight loss letter series, enjoy some healthy snacks, and log your first mile! It will be a fun-filled morning that will get you and your team motivated to start exercising!


Dallas County Kickoff!

Walk Across Texas
Kick-Off Event
September 6, 2003
Reverchon Park
3505 Maple Avenue, Dallas

Stop by any time between
9 a.m. and Noon


Contact:
Susan Richey
Dallas County Extension Agent
Family & Consumer Sciences
Phone: 214-904-3050
Fax: 214-904-3080
e-mail: sg-richey@tamu.edu
10056 Marsh Lane, Suite B-101
Dallas, Texas 75229-6071


Tarrant County Kickoff!


Contact:
Dana Tarter
Tarrant County Extension Agent
Nutrition & Health
Phone: 817-884-1294
Fax: 817-884-1941
E-mail: d-tarter@tamu.edu
401 East Eighth Street
Ft. Worth, Texas 76102




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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Acts of Congress of May 8, 1914, as amended, and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, Chester P. Fehlis, Director, Texas Cooperative Extension, The Texas A&M University System.