Public Healing. Let's Get Well.
- Date
- October 17, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
Distances and entry
- Community Walk — 3.5 Miles — Free
About Public Healing. Let's Get Well.
UPDATED: NEW DATE — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Rain moved us off September 19. We're back on October 17, and we've added a fall festival. If you already registered for the walk, your spot carries over.
WHAT
A free Community Wellness Day & Fall Festival. Health screenings, wellness giveaways, raffles, resources, food, music, a game truck, fall activities, and fun for the whole family. No eligibility screening, no paperwork at the door, nobody turned away. You don't have to walk to join us. The lot is open to everyone all day.
WHEN AND WHERE
Saturday, October 17, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm, GAGDC parking lot (839 W 79th Street).
THE WALK
Start and finish at 839 W 79th Street. We walk south on Green together to 83rd, then west on 83rd through Foster Park to O'Hallaren Park, where we turn around and come back east on 83rd and up Green to the lot. Two parks, one route, everybody together.
Anybody who does not want to walk the full distance can ride. Our support vehicles will drive you ahead and pick you up along the route. 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
7:00–7:30 am — partner and vendor load in at GAGDC
8:30 am — lot opens to the community; walk check-in opens at the front door
8:45 am — warm up in the lot with Southside Sweatz
9:00 am — walkers step off south on Green
As walkers finish — medal distribution, raffles, festivities and resources in the lot
3:00 pm — close
PLAN AROUND THIS
The lot opens at 8:30, the same time walk check-in starts, and the community will be at your table while walkers are out on the course. Your walkers and your table crew have to be different people. Arrive between 7:00 and 7:30 am so you're set up and ready to serve by 8:30.
REGISTER
Already registered? Let us know if you're still coming: https://forms.gle/argcDBTv4MS87WFf7
New walkers register in advance on this page. Registration is not a gate. Anybody who shows up Saturday morning walks. What it does is tell us how much water to stage along the route and how many marshals to post across the course. The wellness day and fall festival need no sign up at all. Community members can walk into the lot and be served.
