Jeff Alt’s adventures have been featured in media nationwide including: ESPN’s Inside America’s National Parks, Hallmark Channel’s New Morning, CNN-Radio, USA Radio Network, the AP, the Chicago Sun Times, and many more. Alt is a talented speaker, teacher, and the award-winning author of A Walk For Sunshine and A Hike For Mike. Alt is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA). He holds a Master’s degree from Miami University in Ohio and a degree from the University of Toledo. He continues to host the annual Walk-With-Sunshine inspired by his Appalachian Trail journey. Jeff has walked the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail, the 218-mile John Muir Trail with his wife, and last summer he carried his 21-month old daughter in a pack across a swath of Ireland on a family hike earning a “dad of the month” award by iparenting magazine for involving his daughter in his outdoor adventure. 

Jeff Alt's books are award-winning. A Walk for Sunshine is a Fore Word Reviews Book of the Year GOLD medalist, a winner of the 2009 National Best Books Award and a 2010 Bronze Medal Winner in the Living Now Book Awards. Alt’s presentation is available on film: A Walk For Sunshine Appalachian Trail Show. A Hike For Mike is Forward Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist and a Best Books USA Award Finalist. Jeff Alt has been reviewed in Library Journal, The Chicago Sun Times, by the AP, and many more.

A Walk For Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition For Charity On The Appalachian Trail By Jeff Alt, Cincinnati, Ohio Available in bookstores and on line September 8, 2007 An entertaining walk along the Appalachian Trail, with bears, bugs, blisters, skunk bedmates, and hilarious food cravings. Alt dedicated his walk to his brother who has cerebral palsy. Alt’s walk inspired an annual event that has raised over $100,000 for the Sunshine Home where his brother lives. As you walk along, you experience the success of turning dreams into goals and achieving them. Inspiring and humorous, Jeff’s story sheds light on a simpler life. A Walk For Sunshine is A Writers Notes award winner and was featured on ESPN and Hallmark Channel. Dreams Shared Publications · $15.95 · ISBN: 978-0-9679482-2-5 · 5.5 x 8.5 trade paperback.

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