01/29/2025
January 29, 2025
Greetings...
The 100 Alabama Miles Challenge is a FREE public program designed to inspire ALL
Alabama residents to get 100 miles of activity in each year whether they run, walk, hike, bike, swim, paddle, ride or roll.
This program is available to help you encourage your community members to use and
enjoy your parks and green spaces. Currently in our 8th year, over 7,700 Alabama residents have logged over 290,000 miles since the program’s debut in 2018!
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development (UACED) and our program
partners invite your community to sign up to host a 100 Alabama Miles Challenge public
engagement event during the official statewide 2025 season kickoff taking place
on Saturday, April 26 or on another day of your choosing.
Your event can be as simple or elaborate as you would like, but in general, we ask that each community do the following:
• Identify a location, date and time;
• Promote the event to the public through your communications channels;
• Host a “ceremonial” 1-mile (or more) walk, bike ride, paddle, etc.;
• Give out program tee shirts and decals (supplied free by UACED); and
• Provide a brief orientation to the event attendees on how to participate in the program (script/talking points will be provided)
If you sign up for this FREE program, UACED will send you:
• 50 program tee shirts
• 100+ decals
• An event banner
• Electronic communications packet that includes suggested event agenda, talking points, program poster, and suggested press release and social media posts
UACED will also be happy to promote your event through the program’s social media
platforms!
If you would like to register to host an event, please send an email to: [email protected] by Wednesday, February 12 expressing your interest, and she will follow up with you to get your event information, drop ship address, etc. (no P.O. Box).
We look forward to hearing from you by February 12th!
We thank you for your interest in the 2025 - 100 Alabama Miles Challenge and we hope to hear from you soon.
Happy Trails,
100 Alabama Miles Team