The Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness invites Michigan communities to host a 2008 Labor Day Community Walk. By hosting a Labor Day Walk, your community can help set a new state record for the most walkers in one day!

Each year approximately 50,000 Michigan residents participate in the Mackinac Bridge Walk, an annual event that began on Labor Day in 1958. By encouraging communities to host their own “virtual bridge walk” we can link the entire state in the annual tradition while increasing the number of walkers this Labor Day.

For more information about the Mackinac Bridge walk, click here.

Are you interested?  Click here to request more information and to receive a Labor Day Walk packet, at no charge, to help guide you in planning a successful Labor Day Community Walk.

Packets Include:
• Guide to a Successful Labor Day Community Walk
• Sample press release
• Publicity flyer
• Instructions for customizing the publicity flyer
• CD-ROM (containing the press release and flyer)

The Governor's Council would like to endorse your 2008 Labor Day Community Walk. We will send you our logo which can be used on any of your printed materials associated with the event. We will also showcase your effort to create a healthier Michigan by posting the name of your Community Walk on our website.   Click here to complete the free endorsement application.

Click here to view last year's Labor Day Community Walk participants.