Articles and Workshops

AVA Event Handbook  How to plan and put on an event from start to finish.

Selling Walking  Get a New Walker Program Packet into the hands of every non-credit walker using these great techniques.

Champagne Event on a Beer Budget  Ron Hamner's workshop on how to make your events really EVENTS.

Membership: Building and Keeping It  Ron Hamner's workshop.

Trail Marking and Mapping Workshop  Nelson Cahill's convention workshop on how to mark and/or map a walking event, including regular and year-round events.

How to Put Walking on the Internet  Wendy Bumgardner's convention workshop on how to use the Internet to publicize your walking club and walking events.

Event Brochures  ESVA Workshop with the rules for event brochures. Download brochure formats to fill in the blanks, including graphics.

Memories
Photos and stories of our big events

Winston-Salem International Two-Days Walk 1997 Memories

Vancouver USA Discovery Walk 1997  and 1998  and 1999

History of AVA Biennial Conventions
Year	Location	President elected
1979	Dayton, OH	David N. Toth
1981	Fredericksburg, TX	Carol Coffee
1983	Norfolk, VA	Max Martin
1985	St Louis, MO	Max Martin
1987	Tacoma, WA	Tom Boyd
1989	Dayton, OH	Tom Boyd
1991	Baltimore, MD	Julian Bauer
1993	Austin, TX	Lynn Clark
1995	Portland, OR	Lynn Clark
1997	Winston-Salem, NC	Ted Ballman
1999	Muncie, IN	Ted Ballman
2000	T. Ballman passed away	Nancy Stenger
2001	Bellevue, WA	Nancy Stenger
2003	Colorado Springs, CO	Shirley Lindberg
2005	Cherry Hill, NJ	Shirley Lindberg
2007	Sacramento, CA	Curt Myron
2009	Richardson, TX	Curt Myron
2011	Des Moines, IA
2013

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