Public Healing. Let's Get Well.
- Date
- September 19, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
Distances and entry
- Community Walk — 3.5 Miles — Free
About Public Healing. Let's Get Well.
WHAT
A free community wellness day. Health screenings, wellness giveaways, resources, food, music, a game truck, and family activities. No eligibility screening, no paperwork at the door, nobody turned away.
WHEN AND WHERE
9:00 am to 3:00 pm, GAGDC parking lot (839 W 79th Street).
THE WALK
3.5 MILES. A little over a 5K.
Start and finish at 83rd and Green. West on 83rd through Foster Park, west through O'Hallaren, west to Damen, north on Damen to Dawes Park and turn around, then back south and east on 83rd to the finish. Three parks. 3.5 miles.
We walk down Green together at 9:15 to reach the start line, and back up Green together at the end. That is another half mile each way, so door to door it is about 4.5. We say that out loud at check in. Anybody who does not want the extra mile gets driven down to the start and picked up at the finish. That is a real option, not a consolation prize.
Leg by leg distances with the address numbers are in the Run of Show, so you can check the math yourself.
THE DAY, BY THE CLOCK
8:00 am — partner load in at GAGDC
8:30 am — walk check-in opens at the front door
9:00 am — warm up in the lot
9:15 am — procession steps off south on Green
9:30 am — step off at 83rd and Green
10:00 am — lot opens to the community
10:45–11:30 am — walkers come back up Green into the lot
3:00 pm — close
PLAN AROUND THIS
The lot opens at 10:00 and the last walkers are not back until 11:30. Your walkers and your table crew have to be different people.
REGISTER
Walkers register in advance. Registration is not a gate. Anybody who shows up Saturday morning walks. What it does is tell us how much water to stage at three park stops and how many marshals to post across the course. The wellness day itself needs no sign up at all. Community members can walk into the lot and be served.
