Name: Laps For Literacy Braille Trail Hikeathon
Start: 2025-10-05T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-05T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Patapsco Valley State Park - Hilton Area

Please join us for our 6th Annual FMLBPD Laps For Literacy Braille Trail Hikeathon to raise funds for the MLBPD! We will meet on Sun., Oct. 5th at 4:00 PM for the Hikeathon at the All Sensory Trailhead across from the Nature Center parking lot in Patapsco Valley State Park Hilton Area in Catonsville. If you arrive after 4:05 PM, please meet us on the 0.1 mile All Sensory Loop Trail, featuring guide ropes along with braille/print signage describing the Park's ecology/indigenous wildlife; and please bring a picnic dinner to eat in the Park after we hike. Also, the Trail is in a natural wooded area with semi-rugged terrain, so please dress accordingly and consider wearing gloves when using the guide ropes. Additionally, please note that in the event of wildfire related code red air quality conditions on the day of the Hikeathon, we will hike in our homes individually instead of in-person at PVSP.
Hope to see all of you on the Braille Trail to pledge money for the Library and to cheer on the Hikers!
Please submit all donations in Check Form with the Check For Line: "Hikeathon" by Mon., Oct. 6th to the Postal Address listed on the Friends of the MLBPD Official Website https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffriendsmdlbpd.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2puennjrSbEqs6M7D6Cmk5MTyUSEoiyFFpdUwG7b_MVRRdYngkyK6r0C8&h=AT2PWZqsnf33bKceOwtSsVf2NlE_ptuxvo15hhq7pqZmA_nXLiOhv-LSN5ZpvHNlJf6-ln_s-eTmQf_TlSKl2OBAYYbOvPqIBo7DXzQa8QHAXanKd6zQYbrTTIXS7tSgk6U (listed below as well) instead of electronically so that we can thank you for your contributions. Thanks to your generosity over the past five years, we've raised several thousand dollars for the Library! With your continued help, we hope to expand that momentous amount this year! Thank you very much for your support of the MLBPD, ”So that all may read”.
Please Mail Checks to:
Friends of the Maryland Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
672 Old Mill Road, #128
Millersville, MD 21108-1363
(The Photo above shows our 2024 Hikeathon hikers standing in Patapsco Valley State Park's Nature Center.)