2026 · AnnualEsther Borte Walk in the Park

Honoring Esther’s legacy with every step.

Saturday, September 12 2026
Registration 9:00 AM Memorial Walk 9:30 AM City Park
Silhouettes of a family walking the park path together — children, a parent pushing a stroller, and a walker with a dog.
Portrait of Esther Borte, smiling warmly, wearing glasses and a navy cardigan with white floral embroidery.
Esther Borte
Why we walk

Remembering Esther

Esther Borte loved this park, and she loved the people in it. The Walk in the Park began as a simple idea — a quiet morning stroll around the City Park roadway in her memory — and has grown into an annual gathering of neighbors, families, and friends.

The walk itself is unhurried and reflective. There is no race clock and no finish-line ribbon. We walk together, at whatever pace suits us, and we remember. Afterward, the day opens up: vendors set up around the park, music plays, and the raffle jars fill with tickets.

Proceeds from the event support continued improvements to the park Esther cared so much about.

Placeholder copy — swap in the real story of Esther and the event’s origins here.
Saturday, September 12

The Day, Step by Step

Everything happens at City Park. The morning belongs to the walk; the rest of the day belongs to the community.

7:30 – 9:00 AM

Vendor Setup

Vendors arrive and set up their booths around the park.

9:00 AM

Registration Opens

Check in, pick up your materials, and buy your raffle tickets before the walk.

9:30 AM

Memorial Walk Begins

A quiet, reflective walk around the City Park roadway in Esther’s memory. All ages and paces welcome — strollers and leashed dogs too.

10:30 AM

Raffle Drawings & Speeches

Winners are drawn jar by jar, including the showcase quilt, with a few words from family and friends.

11:00 AM

Vendors & Music

Booths open and the music starts. Stay for the afternoon — eat, browse, and visit.

Join the walk

Register to Participate

Registration is open to everyone. Sign up ahead of time below, or register in person starting at 9:00 AM the morning of the walk.

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The raffle

Raffle Tickets & the Showcase Quilt

The raffle works jar by jar. Each prize donated by our local businesses gets its own jar — and this year’s showcase prize is one Esther made herself: “Some Enchanted Evening,” a quilt she pieced here in Toledo in 2006. Winning it means taking home a piece of her work.

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Buy a block of tickets — at registration, or reserve them online below.
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Pick your jars — put all your tickets toward the quilt, or spread them across the prizes you like.
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Drawings at 10:30 AM — winners are drawn jar by jar. You don’t need to be present to win, but it’s more fun if you are.
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Corner of the showcase quilt, Some Enchanted Evening, with its hand-stitched label reading Made By Esther Borte, Quilted By County Quilts, 2006, Toledo WA — surrounded by burgundy, hunter-green, gold, and floral patchwork.

“Some Enchanted Evening”
Made by Esther Borte · Toledo, 2006

This Year’s Raffle Prizes

Every prize gets its own jar — put your tickets toward whichever ones you’re going for. Prizes are donated by the local businesses who sponsor the Walk.

“Some Enchanted Evening” Quilt
Handmade by Esther Borte — the showcase prize
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After the walk

Vendors & Music

Once the walk wraps up, the park comes alive. Local vendors open their booths at 11:00 AM with food, crafts, and goods, and live music carries through the afternoon.

This Year’s Vendors

[Vendor Name]Food
[Vendor Name]Crafts
[Vendor Name]Baked Goods
[Vendor Name]Artisan
[Vendor Name]Plants
Your booth here

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Interested in a booth? Vendor setup runs 7:30–9:00 AM the morning of the event, with booths open from 11:00 AM. Sign-up details are coming soon — check back here, or reach out directly.

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