Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors
Encourage walking in your community by leading neighborhood walks!
Become A Neighborhood Walking Ambassador
Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors lead walks that inspire, connect, and inform the community.
We are imagining a different way of connecting with our surroundings that takes steps towards improving personal and environmental health while sharing knowledge.
Walking in your community is a healthy and sustainable mode of transportation that helps promote neighborhood safety and unity. More people out walking means more eyes on the street and bolsters neighborhood pride and social connections.
Join the call for safer, more walkable communities by signing on to become one of your Neighborhood's Walking Ambassadors!
Contact Volunteer Coodinator Darcy Edmunds to sign up today.
Touchstones: A Walking Tour of Rainier Beach
Learn how to lead digital walking tours using technology to explore the diverse places of Rainier Beach.
The Touchstones Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors will use technology in a creative, engaging way to connect community members, help create a strong sense of place, and encourage involvement in future community development efforts. Touchstones will help bring out the special qualities that are valued about Rainier Beach -- its diversity, sense of safety, walkability, and livability.
The Touchstones digital walking tour will reveal the people, history, and heritage of 12 locations in Rainier Beach. Touchscreen devices will be used as portals to online content through QR codes and Wi-Fi access points at each location. Online content will tell the history of each location, explain the heritage of the community, and highlight the contributions of individual residents. Walking tour participants can contribute their own stories through touchscreen devices, sparking a collective discussion of the past and present, with the ultimate goal of engaging residents in actively shaping the future.
Check here for the next Touchstones Neighborhood Walking Ambassador training event.
Get involved! Contact Volunteer Coodinator Darcy Edmunds to become a Touchstones Neighborhood Walking Ambassador today.
Watershed Walks
Plan to attend a Feet First Watershed Walks training event and you’ll learn how to lead engaging, informative walks in your community to connect residents to their environment.
The Watershed Walks Program is designed to train Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors to educate residents about the natural ecology of the Longfellow Creek/Duwamish River Watershed. Camp Long Naturalist Jeanie Murphy-Ouellette and Feet First Volunteer Coordinator Darcy Edmunds lead this training on how to effectively engage walking groups, what environmental threats affect our watersheds, and how individuals can reduce their impact on local ecology.
The Watershed Walks Program provides an enjoyable way for people to learn about the relationship between their actions and a clean environment, and will provide participants an opportunity to experience their environment and community in a different, more intimate way.
Check here for the next Watershed Walks Neighborhood Walking Ambassador training event.
Get involved! Contact Volunteer Coodinator Darcy Edmunds to become a Watershed Walks Neighborhood Walking Ambassador today.
The Watershed Walks Program is a collaborative effort by Feet First and Camp Long, made possible by a grant from The Mountaineers Foundation.
