NORWICH – On Saturday, the Chenango Health Network welcomes family, friends, children and pets to the Chenango Greenway Trail to help kick off “Walk Healthy Chenango,” a three-month program meant to inspire healthy, walking routines.

As incentives to take part in the campaign, participants will receive a walking log to record the number of minutes spent walking and information on local seasonal trails. In addition, those who successfully complete and submit their log at the conclusion of the campaign will receive a prize and any who reach their walking goal will be entered into an age-appropriate drawing for an additional prize.

Due to the efforts of the Headwaters Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) and Americorps, local residents and participants will enjoy a new and improved Greenway Trail. Throughout the summer, members of Americorps and the HYCC have been erecting signs, making trail improvements, installing stone steps in particularly difficult areas and putting up trail markers, all while maintaining the Greenway Trail.

The improved trail is approximately six-and-a-half miles long with the new extensions.

“It really is a nice trail and it’s very peaceful out here,” said Americorps Program Director at The Place Cara Seschick. “It’s a great way for people in the city to get out and enjoy nature and it really feels like you’re getting out of town, yet you’re still within walking distance of the city.”