Name: Walk Wednesdays 2025
Start: 2025-08-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-20T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Raymond John Wean Foundation Park

The Healthy Community Partnership, and YSU Campus Recreation’s Community Recreation Graduate Assistant Travis Manring are excited to invite the community to this year’s free walking class in downtown Youngstown Ohio.
The “Walk Wednesdays” will be held from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM every Wednesday starting May 14th. This free class will provide an opportunity for community members to participate in a healthy, outdoor group exercise activity and explore a beautiful local park.
The Walk Wednesdays walking group will meet outside of Mocha House in Downtown Youngstown and then walk together to Wean park every Wednesday, weather permitting, and will continue until the weather becomes too cold to walk. Participants can also meet the walking group at Wean Park in the parking lot near Covelli Center if they prefer. The City of Youngstown's YO! App will be providing a promo code for every walker’s first walk with us this year, which can be redeemed at over 20 city businesses.
This and several other free outdoor walking classes are part of the Healthy Community Partnership’s Walk the Valley Initiative in partnership with Mercy Health’s Stepping Out Program. Regular participation in outdoor walking activities will improve residents’ physical and mental health. Organized walks also connect walkers to their friends and neighbors through a shared activity, which helps to create a sense of community and belonging. Walks like this are also ways to promote and use local park facilities that are often underused in local communities.
Anyone in the Mahoning Valley is invited and encouraged to attend and invest in their fitness and wellbeing one step at a time.
Questions or comments can be directed to Robin Perry, Network Coordinator at the Healthy Community Partnership ([email protected]), Doris Bullock, Mercy Health Stepping Out ([email protected] or 330-720-3293), or Travis Manring YSU Community Recreation Graduate Assistant with the Healthy Community Partnership Parks and Green Spaces Action Team ([email protected]).