Love the idea of getting out and moving for a good cause, but posses a pair of knees that aren't so charitable? Check out the Triangle Arthritis Walk scheduled for April 18. The walk is part of Let's Move Together, a new campaign by the Arthritis Foundation intended to help folks ward off or treat arthritis. (Fact: About 46 million Americans — 1 in 5 of us — suffer from arthritis.)

And talk about user friendly, the Triangle Arthritis Walk is billed as  "family-friendly, dog-friendly." There'll be a kids carnival, health fair, snacks and prizes; a performance by The Bouncing Bulldogs (jump ropers extraordinaire); demonstrations of yoga and Tai Chi for folks with arthritis; and, perhaps best of all, if you can't do the whole three-mile walk, there's a one-mile option. No, wait, even better: It has a sleep-in friendly start time of 10 a.m. Participants must raise a minimum of $25 (that scores your a T-shirt!). The walk is at the Imperial Center in Durham.

For more info or to register, go here. For information on other walks and runs this spring, go here.

A little full disclosure here: Despite my grand pronouncement earlier today that you walk or run or bike to the polls to exercise your right to vote, I ended up driving. It was raining, I feared that if I showed up soaking wet I might drip on the voting machine, which might short it out, which might cause red flags to go up with the Wake County elections officials, which, especially in the case of close races, might create a Florida scenario, which might keep us from truly knowing who we elected to office.

So I did my patriotic duty by driving and staying dry. (I am, however, considering riding my bike to get my free donut and coffee.)

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