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In 2007, just after we planted over one thousand trees and were interviewed by Bob and Marianne on WOBM AM, we got a phone call asking us to confirm that we we had planted all those trees and were intending to walk hundreds of miles. The call was on behalf of a man who wanted to write us "fan mail".
While we were on the road, the fan mail arrived. The man who wrote to us took time out of his busy schedule to congratulate us for "Discovering the unexpected beauty of New Jersey and celebrating the importance of trees."
In honor of our walkers, their families, and the many volunteers in hundreds of towns across our state, we publish that letter, and congratulate the author of the letter on his own impressive accomplishment.
You can find out who the man was and read the letter here
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THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE who helped us plant over 1,000 trees this year!
See all the NEWS about other years' Walkabouts and check out our YouTube videos!
WE MADE HISTORY IN 2007
On 7/7/07, 4 teams of 7 set out on a journey of a lifetime. It was an incredible 2-week, 194-mile trek across New Jersey to promote our state's unexpected beauty and celebrate the importance of its trees.
Grandfather Little Hawk was our inspiration and spiritual guide throughout the Walkabout!
Our teams have planted over 1200 trees to commemorate the Walkabout as we promote the unexpected beauty of New Jersey.
We are honored to have theNew Jersey National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Drug Demand Reduction Unit helping us this year.
This is us, 3,125 trees ago.
Training
| Tu 7pm – 8:30pm | walkabout training- speed walk five miles | |||
| We 6:30pm – 9pm | Walkabout training- easy pace ten miles | |||
| Th 5:30pm – 9pm | Walkabout training fifteen miles | |||
| Fri 5pm – 8:30pm | walkabout training- ten fast miles | |||
| Sat 8am – 12pm | twenty miler | |||
| Sun 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Church send-off - Wells Chapel AME | |||
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