walkathon

plural walkathons

1. A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.

   The student-led group has consistently ranked among the top 20 fundraisers for the walkathon, organizers said. Started 15 years ago by a determined 7-year-old named Leo Beckerman, Kids Who Care has raised more than $500,000 for AIDS organizations, according to the Beckerman family, of Studio City.

   2005 October 17, Erika Hayasaki, “‘Kids Who Care’ a Force at Annual AIDS Walk”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026

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   [In 1946.] Some tattered walkathon tune of the early thirties went banging like a one-wheeled Good Humor cart of those same years through his head as the cards slipped mechanically about the board and his fingers went lightly dividing change in the middle, taking the house's percentage without making the winner too sharply aware of the cut.

   1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm

   Synonyms: walking marathon