NARROWSBURG - One Sunday each October, the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (UDUUF) has a tradition of hosting its Bud Rue Walk for Social Justice. 

The 2025 walk will commence on October 26th, meeting in Room 102 of the Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg. Prior to the walk a short worship service will begin at 10:15 a.m. The Rev. Laurie Stuart, President of the UDUUF, will explain the walk and invite representatives of the recipient organization present to say a few words.

Started in 1993 by the late Bud Rue, the walk and subsequent fundraising efforts by the fellowship have distributed more than $4,000 per year since 1993 to local organizations that work for social justice and community well-being. 

“A walkathon is a way of holding space with groups whose missions and work we support,” said UDUUF vice-president Tom Rue, a mental health counselor in Narrowsburg, a son of the late Bud Rue. “The act of intentionally walking together for a united purpose is a sort of kinetic prayer intended to energize the universe in the direction of justice. It’s a prayer kind of in the sense that voting is,” Rue said.

The public is invited to participate and/or to donate. To attend the walk, register online at upperdelawareuu.org and download a Pledge Sheet or donate on the same website. For more information about the walkathon or the UDUUF, call 845-252-6783 or email uduuf2022@gmail.com.