Bemidji D-Feet Hearing Loss Walk returns June 6
A two-mile walk from Diamond Point Park to the Paul Bunyan and Babe statues will spotlight hearing loss and end with lunch on June 6.
Hearing loss can cut seniors off from conversation, make workdays harder to navigate and leave families repeating themselves across the dinner table, and Bemidji’s D-Feet Hearing Loss Walk will put that problem on a familiar city route June 6. The annual event will start at 8:30 a.m. at Diamond Point Park, 1700 Birchmont Dr. NE, and will again use the walk as a public reminder that hearing problems affect learning, employment, communication and quality of life.
Participants will head out on a two-mile route to the Paul Bunyan and Babe statues before returning to Diamond Point Park for lunch. The path ties the fundraiser to some of Bemidji’s most recognizable landmarks, turning a health issue that can feel private and easy to ignore into something visible in the middle of town. Registration is open.
KAXE described this year’s event as the sixth D-Feet Hearing Loss Walk in Bemidji, underscoring that the fundraiser has become a regular part of the city’s civic calendar. In 2025, The Bemidji Pioneer reported that dozens of people joined the fourth annual walk, a sign that the event has already drawn a community audience and built local momentum.
The Minnesota Lions Hearing Foundation is organizing the walk with support from the Lions Clubs of Bemidji. Local listings also name the First City Lions of Bemidji and the Bemidji Lions Club as partners, showing how the event is rooted in volunteer service as much as fundraising. The foundation, based in Green Isle, Minnesota, says proceeds support clinical care, groundbreaking research and hearing programs, with a goal of making sure hearing loss does not lead to isolation.
That message has direct relevance in Beltrami County, where untreated hearing loss can make it harder for older adults to stay connected, for workers to communicate safely on the job and for children to keep up in class. By pairing a family-friendly walk with a practical local route and a lunch at the finish, organizers are asking Bemidji residents to treat hearing health as more than a personal issue. It is a community one, and on June 6 it will be out in the open at Diamond Point Park.
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