Walking women of Condon raise thousands for troops affected by shutdown

CONDON — In the small town of Condon, with a population of around 300, the Walking Women of Condon started a fundraiser that raised $7,250 for military troops.

"It's just a group of women that come together twice a week to walk. We're people all over the world with all kinds of backgrounds and all kinds of experience and education, but we've come together with a common goal of community," said Marcia Tapp, a member of the Walking Women of Condon.

The idea started when a member of the group's son, who is in the military, was not getting paid due to the government shutdown. That's the group that came up with the idea to put out cans for the community to donate whatever they could.

"Hopefully we're an inspiration showing we're a very small town and we're a dozen women who did something ver