WATTS 'Coldest Night of the Year' fundraiser walk

Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) is a winterrific, family-friendly fundraiser walk that takes place in participating cities all over North America on Saturday, February 24, 2024! It was started in Canada in 2011 to bring awareness and raise funds for local charities who serve people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and hurt.
 

WATTS is the local charity and we're excited to host the walk for Winchester, VA again this year! In our inaugural year, we were the second-largest CNOY event in the U.S. with over 400 walkers turning out – this year our goal is to have 700+ walkers, so we need your help!
 

CNOY is a fun, meaningful time on Walk day, but between now and then, it is first and foremost a peer-to-peer fundraiser. Each walker is asked to get people to sponsor them for walking, exponentially multiplying the impact for WATTS to make a difference in the lives of the men and women we serve! The Walk is a celebration/culmination of our fundraising efforts.
 

You choose! There's a 2k or 5k walk; both routes go along sidewalks through downtown Winchester on the 24th. The walk steps off from Braddock Street UMC and wraps up with a simple soup kitchen afterwards when you return to the Fellowship Hall. Here's the schedule:
 

4pm – Meet (check-in + welcome)
5pm – Move (walk send-off)
6pm – Munch (soup kitchen + mingle)
7pm – Mosey (see you in 2025!)
 

Grab your family, friends, neighbors, businesses and co-workers, school or civic clubs, church group, organizations, etc. and form a team, or walk individually (individual walkers are invited to join our general WATTS team, “Walkers for WATTS“ captained by our Board President, Mike Ashby.)
 

We hope you’ll join us! This event is for EVERYONE and registration is 100% FREE!
 

Register today on our site: this is where you can find more info, and create a team, sign-up to walk, donate, or volunteer!
 

Step outside the warmth and comfort of home for a few hours and experience a little bit of what it might be like to be homeless in the dead of winter. You’ll be glad you did because… 'it’s cold out there' but you're doing something about it.