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\"Walking<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In case you haven’t heard (and please, tell me you didn’t miss this news, because I’ve been trying to share it far and wide ever since … January?), but TOPS is in the midst of celebrating its 75th year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll be hosting a small celebration in October<\/a>, if you’d like to come, or you live anywhere near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We’ll be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Offering tours of Headquarters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Selling TOPS gear<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Gathering with our fellow members, old friends and new friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Unveiling a plaque for our spot on the National Registrar of Historic Places<\/a> (state and nationwide!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Pulling the winning ducks for our drawing<\/a> (with the grand-prize winner scoring a lifetime TOPS membership!) \u2b06\ufe0f Snag a duck using that link above, if you haven’t already. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Offering some sort of setup for kids … coloring tables? A 50-yard dash? (Even if it’s just *my own* children in attendance?) lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— We have some other ideas up our collective sleeve, but we’re still finalizing exact plans. Anyway, if you’re at all thinking about coming, please RSVP! (Scroll down on this page<\/a>, and look for the Google Form along the bottom right side of the page).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANYWAY, this is my very long-winded way of saying, that we’d LOVE to see you on Oct. 21 in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you can’t join us physically, we hope you can at least lace up your shoes and hit the pavement in solidarity! (We’ll be live-streaming festivities from HQ as well, so hopefully you won’t feel so far away!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re starting to publicize this, but we invite you to get out your TOPS T-shirt and walking shoes, as Oct. 21 will be recognized as an official TOPS Walk Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could be one of thousands of members supporting TOPS’ anniversary on that day. Want to just walk with a TOPS friend or two? Sounds great. Would you rather stroll with your entire chapter, or do something community-wide? There’s no wrong way to participate. We’d love to see your creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More details to come! Just thought you should start planning now. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And hey, if you’ll be here, maybe we could do a lap or two around the garden together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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