The Sherwood Merrywalkers was formed in 1986 when several teachers and the principal of Hopkins Elementary School formed the Club as part of that School's physical education program.  The Club hosted walks for numerous years but went inactive in approximately 1996.  In 2001 Sharon Klein was approached by the McMinnville Mac Trackers about mapping out a walk in Sherwood.  While Sharon was busy being the trail master, Renette Meltebeke, a long time resident of Sherwood, started thinking about reactivating the Merrywalkers.  Sure enough, their paths crossed and they teamed up to reactivate the Merrywalkers.  With support from the Sherwood Family YMCA and its members, the first meeting of the new Merrywalkers was held in November 2001 at the Y.  In January 2002 we hosted a very successful WE'RE BACK kick-off walk.  The rest is history, so they say.

The Merrywalkers are an Oregon non-profit corporation and are a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization under the American Volkssport Association's Group Exemption.