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  • New club logo t-shirts!

    New club logo t-shirts are available for a very limited time!  See the link to the PDF for details on how to order and pay.

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  • May – June 2022 Newsletter

    Our May – June 2022 newsletter with LOTS of information on upcoming walks is available here: https://www.nebraskatrailblazers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NWFT-May-June-2022-newsletter.pdf

  • Spring Road Trips and Local Road Construction

    Apologies – this post got stuck while we were transitioning to the new website!

    If you subscribe to our Trail Mail occasional e-newsletter, you’ve already seen this information. But, just in case you don’t (and why don’t you?), here’s a quick rundown on our next 4 walks.

    Our next 4 walks will require a little planning and maybe some carpooling, since they’re all out of the Omaha metro area.
    • Tuesday, April 26th, 10 a.m. – Apple Blossom Festival Walk. Meet in the Arbor Day Farm Parking lot (2611 Arbor Avenue
      Nebraska City, NE 68410) at least 15 minutes early to take care of paperwork and pay the $3 walking fee. 5k Group Walk, with a 10k option. Join us after the walk for lunch at Porter’s Barbecue. Already in the past!
    • Saturday, May 14th, 8:30 – 11 a.m. registration – Honeybees in the Heartland 5k or 10k walk. The start for the walk is in Auburn Legion Memorial Park, 1101 J Street, Auburn, NE 68305.  Walk on your own or with a group. Register online at https://forms.gle/5a5kon8C5szSJevo6, pay $3 cash when you arrive or $3.16 by Venmo.
    • Saturday, May 14th, 1 – 3 p.m. registration – Heartbeat of the Heartland 5k or 10k walk. The start for the walk is at the Harris Picnic Shelter in Humboldt Lake Park, Humboldt, NE 68376. Walk on your own or with a group. Register online at https://forms.gle/ZHEveJzJJoQ56gNv6, pay $3 cash when you arrive or $3.16 by Venmo.
    • Saturday, May 21st, 9 – 11 a.m. registration – Northwest Nebraska Volksmarch 5k or 10k walk. The start for the walk is at the Chadron State College Student Center, Shelton and 10th St., Chadron, NE 69337. Register online at https://forms.gle/nxG2RwC3rcKfCWKP7 .  The cost to walk is still only $3 cash when you arrive or $3.16 by Venmo.
    If you play to attend the May 21st Chadron walk, you’re going to want to line up lodging in the area. The Chadron Chamber of Commerce offers some choices as to where to sleep here: https://www.chadron.com/list/ql/lodging-travel-14  
     
    Why not plan to make a weekend of walking? Chadron offers another year-round walking event (printable brochure here) and our club’s seasonal walk at Agate Fossil Beds is another 70 miles away (printable brochure here).
     
    As always, our walks are held rain or shine, so dress for the weather!

     

     

     

     


    ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT!

    S. 84th Street is under construction between Dodge Street by Methodist and Farnam Drive, blocking access to Indian Hills Drive from the south. To get to club meetings held at Morning Star Lutheran Church at 331 S. 85th Avenue, you’ll have to go to 90th Street to access Indian Hills Drive from the west or drive along W. Dodge Road to 84th Street and turn south to Indian Hills Drive.

  • March/April 2022 Newsletter

    Your March/April 2022 newsletter, website edition, available here: March/April 2022 newsletter

  • January-February 2022 Newsletter

    Our latest newsletter is now available here: Jan – Feb 2022 newsletter  Our club members get the full newsletter, delivered right off the presses directly to their email inboxes. Just a reminder: membership dues for 2022 are due right now.  Mail a check for $10 for a single membership or $15 for a family membership to: NWFT, P.O. Box 8147, Omaha, NE 68108

    Our Annual Dinner meeting will be held on January 15th – reservations were due before the publication of this notice. Our 2022 Officers will be installed and the 2021 Walker of the Year award will be awarded. 

    Our next regular club meeting will be held at Morning Star Lutheran Church, 331 S. 85th Avenue, Omaha, NE in the upstairs chapel area at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 7th. If you read the newsletter, you’d know that our scheduled speaker for February is on “Ollie the Trolley”! Be sure to bring a mask to wear while at the meeting, as requested by our host.

    Our next scheduled group walk will be an indoors walk at the Westroads Mall on Saturday, January 22nd at 9 a.m. Cost is $3 per walker; come 15 minutes early to pay (exact change!) and sign the waiver. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor at the play area by Penney’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods. There’s a entrance door tucked away by Penney’s – you can use that to come inside.

    Everyone who has lived in these parts for a while knows that Nebraska winters are very unpredictable. What do you do if there’s a 40F degree day and you want to walk and we don’t have anything scheduled? Well, we’ve got 11 Year Round Walks just for you – some right close and some a bit further away. Check out all of our Year Round Events and start planning on those 4 Seasonal Walks at this page on our website: Seasonal and Year Round Events  Invite a friend, take the family or walk on your own – they’re all great walks that you can do anytime you feel the urge to walk!

  • 2022 Walk Calendar now published!

    We have a lot of great walks planned for you in 2022 – take a look at them at the 2022 Walk Calendar page on our website. More walks are in the planning stages, so you’re going to want to bookmark this page and come back to it often. Our Year Round and Seasonal Walk page will be updated on January 1st to add Chadron, NE and drop Ogallala, NE as walk opportunities.
     
    New this year: an option to print a brochure for certain walks so you can stick it to your refrigerator door or have it in another handy place. All brochures are current as of this date (December 17, 2021). If something changes and we have enough lead time, we’ll post an updated edition of the brochure.
     
    Remember that club dues now run on a calendar year basis, so that means you have until December 31, 2021 to get them in. Want to join? See Become a Club Member for details.
     
    Our Annual Dinner Meeting is Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Legends Patio Grill and Bar in Aksarben – 6920 Pacific St, Omaha, NE, starting at 5:30 p.m. The Italian Buffet is available for $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Save yourself a stamp and mail in your club dues and Annual Dinner reservation at the same time! Our mailing address: NWFT, P.O. Box 8147, Omaha, NE 68108
     
    Our regular club meetings resume on Monday, February 7th at 7 p.m. at Morning Star Lutheran Church, 331 S. 85th Ave in Omaha, in the upstairs Chapel.