The 1-89 Cavalry "Steps to our Soldiers" project aims to symbolically walk the 6,756 miles between Fort Drum, New York and Paktika Province, Afghanistan by having participants log their physical activity minutes which will be converted to miles. Participants are encouraged to walk, run, bike, or do other physical activities and report their total monthly mileage to Maura Bernasconi. The goal is for the group of 20 participants to collectively walk the distance to show support for their deployed loved ones.

1. 1-89 Cavalry
“Steps to our soldiers” Project.
The main objective of our walk is for everyone to work together toward a common goal,
symbolically…”walking” the miles between home and our loved ones!
It is approximately 6,756 miles from Fort Drum, New York to Paktika Province,
Afghanistan.
You are encouraged to walk, run, use the elliptical, bike, swim, or hike the literal miles.
Each participant can also earn one mile for every 10 minutes of sustained physical
activity (chasing after your kids on their bikes, walking with your baby in the carrier, for
example). This is also open to family members as well…parents, in-laws, siblings,
grandparents, etc., so spread the word!
Keep track of your total combined family mileage. The twentieth of each month, email
Maura Bernasconi your logged miles. Every FRG meeting we will see how close we are!
We can also meet when the weather is warmer and walk together. If we twenty of us
meet, and walk one mile, that is twenty miles logged!
Let us see how far we can go!
POC: Maura Bernasconi
Maura.bernasconi@gmail.com