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Date of walk: June 1-7
Place of walk: Laconia
Start time of walk: Any time after school
Rain date: All Week 
Length of walk: 1 mile
(Assume that it will take about 30 minutes to walk one mile.)

Estimated number of participants: 500
Open to the public: Yes

Description of walk route, difficulty level: Nature trails at Pleasant Street School, Elm Street School and Woodland Heights School - Fairly easy trails. This is a StoryWalk and families are encouraged to come take a walk and read a story along the way. There will be posts every 40 paces or so with a page from a book to read. There is a schedule that I will attach for the entire summer to keep this going.

Event planning organization name: Laconia Parks & Recreation
Event coordinator/contact name: Amy Lovisek
Contact Phone: 524-5046
Contact e-mail address: loviseka@city.laconia.nh.us


Date of walk: June 1
Place of walk: Laconia
Start time of walk: 2:00 p.m.
Rain date: June 3 
Length of walk: 1 mile
(Assume that it will take about 30 minutes to walk one mile.)

Estimated number of participants: 345
Open to the public: Yes

Description of walk route, difficulty level: We will walk down Pleasant St. left onto Harvard St. left onto Folsom, back to Pleasant St.

Event planning organization name: Pleasant Street Elementary School
Event coordinator/contact name: Charles Dodson   
Contact Phone: 524-2168
Contact e-mail address: cdodson@laconia.k12.nh.us


Date of walk: June 5
Place of walk: Laconia
Start time of walk: 4:15 p.m.
Rain date: June 12 
Length of walk: 1 mile
(Assume that it will take about 30 minutes to walk one mile.)

Estimated number of participants: 65
Open to the public: Yes

Description of walk route, difficulty level: We are going to take a "walk around the block." Due to the high number of youth that will be with use and the various ages this will be an easy walk.

Event planning organization name: The Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region
Event coordinator/contact name: Sara Nicolas
Contact Phone: 528-0197
Contact e-mail address: snicolas@metrocast.net



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