The Southwest region's second Walk for Values USA will take place on Saturday, January 21st 2012 at the Tempe Beach Park from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Check-in begins at 12pm. Click HERE for latest information.

Why a Walk for Values? How is this Walk different? To answer these questions and more, please see a youtube video. To download this video, please click here.

One lesson the current moral and economic crisis has taught is that we are all dependent on each other for our well-being AND we each need to take responsibility for how we live. It's now about making choices that benefit not just ourselves but everyone.

How? By committing ourselves to practice values that for many generations have united communities and made nations strong. These are five values universal to all lands, peoples, religions, and civil societies, etc. - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Nonviolence.

Please join us in the Southwest second Walk for Values USA, and Adopt a Value as we celebrate and encourage the practice of these values. We invite you to walk as an individual or member of a group - be it family, school, workplace, community group, service organization or sporting team. For an unforgettable journey, come and experience the power of many people walking together for a common cause, and willing to lead by example.

This walk is about re-building character and restoring goodness in our lives. It can be done; it's just up to you!

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Brochure and Flyers (Downloadable)

* If it does not work, please right click and select "Save Target As..." to download. Requires Adobe reader 9 and above.

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Details of the Walk

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Tempe Beach Park

Tempe Beach Park has been the main gathering place for Valley residents and visitors since its development in the early 1920's. At its earliest stages, the major attraction at Tempe Beach Park was Arizona's first Olympic-sized pool, built in 1923. The pool hosted two women's national championship swim meets in the 1930s, and provided much-needed refreshment for local families. Even through the dark days of the Great Depression, Tempe Beach Park remained the Valley's most popular recreational venue, expanding to include a baseball diamond, a cobblestone bathhouse and bleachers. Later in 1934, the new concept of an open-air movie theater came to Tempe Beach. While there have been renovations to Tempe Beach Park over the years, the most recent came in 1999 with the construction of Tempe Town Lake. Tempe Beach Park is still one of the top recreational attractions in Arizona and the centerpiece to our Tempe community. The 25-acre park is the perfect setting for outdoor fun and relaxation for everybody, offering more than five miles of paths and exercise trails, picnic areas, ramadas, Luis Gonzalez Arizona Diamondbacks Field of Dreams baseball diamond and the Cox Splash Playground. Tempe Beach Park is the crown jewel in a parks system that is the envy of cities and town throughout the state and country.

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Direction and Parking

Address of Walk Venue:
TEMPE BEACH PARK
54 Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ, 85281

Tempe Beach Park is on the Rio Salado Parkway. From the Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) you can exit at either Priest (west side) or Rural (east side) and travel south to the Rio Salado Parkway.

The US airways parking garage address is 111 W Rio Salado Parkway Tempe, AZ. It is located on the intersection of Rio Salado and Ash ave and the entrance is through Ash ave which is marked on the map. Click here for the parking map.

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Pre-Walk Activities

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