The results of Winter Walk Day, February 1, are in, and Drumheller was victorious in its challenge with Fort Macleod.
Drumheller and Fort Macleod had a friendly challenge to see who could log the most minutes. After everything was tallied, Drumheller had 1,178 people participate, walking a total of 35,126 minutes. Fort Macleod had 774 walkers, tallying 34,839 minutes.
Seniors coordinator for the Town of Drumheller, Rose Poulson, who was busy organizing the event, is grateful for the participation including Greentree School, St. Anthony’s, Bedrock Playschool and the Before and After School Care participating. The Dragons also took time out to walk with seniors.
The top participating business was Freson Bros. who had 30 members of their crew logging 7,200 minutes.