walkathon
noun
walk·a·thon
ˈwȯ-kə-ˌthän 
: a walk covering a considerable distance organized especially to raise money for a cause
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The 12-mile slog is the easy part of the walkathon.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 July 2025
The walkathon starts 8 a.m. Saturday and is the mental health nonprofit’s largest fundraiser of the year.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Seltzer, an entertainment entrepreneur and promoter of walkathons, supposedly scribbled the basics of the sport on a tablecloth at a Ricketts restaurant in Chicago in the spring of 1935.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
When Mitchell was gravely ill, the community held a fundraising walkathon at Poinsettia Park to help with medical bills insurance did not cover.
—Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 July 2025
The walkathon starts 8 a.m. Saturday and is the mental health nonprofit’s largest fundraiser of the year.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Seltzer, an entertainment entrepreneur and promoter of walkathons, supposedly scribbled the basics of the sport on a tablecloth at a Ricketts restaurant in Chicago in the spring of 1935.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
When Mitchell was gravely ill, the community held a fundraising walkathon at Poinsettia Park to help with medical bills insurance did not cover.
—Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
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“Walkathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walkathon. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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