The Society of St. Vincent de Paul's, l^st "Hike for the Poor" will be held on Saturday, September 29th, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, (the last hike starts 1:00 PM.) You can register on line here, by mail, personally at 2104 N. Piedras or you can register on the day of the Hike.

The Hike will take place at the Franklin Mountains State Park, Tom Mays Unit.

Unlike fund raising competitive events, "Hike for the Poor" is not a competitive event, but is more of a family oriented, fun filled, healthy activity for all ages. Funds will be raised by individual participant pledges or "group" family pledges.

There are three hiking trails,
one (Green) is .075 miles and can be hiked in approximately 20 to 30 minutes.
The second (Purple) is 3.4 miles, approximately 1.45 minutes and
the third (Red) is 4.7 miles, approximately 2.5 hours.

Participants will be given bottled water, energy bars, certificate of completion and a "Hike T-shirt".

Participant parking is (will be) at the employee parking area at the white, ADP Building, 1851 N. Resler, off of Trans Mountain Rd. This is also the location of the registration desk, where participants can check in or register & receive their bottled water & energy bar. From there participants will be bused to the staging area, the entrance to Tom Mays Unit, Franklin State Park. The bus will be circling the "loop" picking up participants at the designated pick up points & bringing them back to the parking area.