The Walk for Recovery was established in Portland in 2018 as a fundraising event for the advocacy of Oregon Recovers and a pride-like celebration of people in recovery. In 2019 we expanded the Walk to Bend, Eugene, and Medford and this year we're hosting our inaugural Klamath Falls Walk!

The money fundraised during the Walks for Recovery supports Oregon Recovers efforts to fight for a comprehensive continuum of recovery care in Oregon. We believe EVERYONE should have a right to access recovery.

Over the past year these efforts have focused on taking the Alcohol Industry head on to combat the harms of alcohol - a substance that kills 6 people a day in Oregon compared to the 1-2 killed each day by drug overdose. We successfully moved this conversation forward for the first time in 40 years and will keep fighting until everyone in Oregon has access to the recovery support they need!

The Walks for Recovery are a social fundraiser. What that means is that we're able to reach the networks of all our supporters when they share the fundraiser on social media. This type of fundraiser allows us to reach far more people than we could by just reaching out to our network and to leverage smaller donations from more people to still reach our fundraising goals!

This means sharing your page on social media is essential to a successful walk!

If you have any questions on how to succesfully fundraise please reach out to sam@oregonrecovers.org

1. Register for the Walk
2. Once you're registered, go to your page dashboard by clicking the icon in the top right corner of your profile. From your Dashboard, select "Create a Team".
3. Pick a team name and customize your team page. Tell your team's story, whether you're creating a team with coworkers, your home meeting, or in honor of someone lost to addiction.
4. Share your page with friends, family, and anyone else you want on your team. If they register from your team page, they'll be automatically added to your team!
5. Join your team to walk together at your local walk

We set our Walk for Recovery registration cost to cover the costs associated with putting on the event and to pay for t-shirts for each walker. This year "General Registration" is $25.

To make the Walk more accessible to everyone, we've also included a "Fundraise My Registration" option which allows you to register for at no cost. If you select this option, we ask that you fundraise at least $25 to cover the registration costs by posting your fundraising page to social media and asking friends and family for donations.

Regardless of which registration option you choose, we encourage you to set a fundraising goal of $50 or more. All donation go towards Oregon Recovers' work to make Oregon a better place for the recovery community.