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Each year offers opportunities to raise awareness about BDD and OCD—the 1 Million Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk, the Annual OCD Conference, and OCD Awareness Week. Each involvement makes publicly visible these invisible brain disorders that cripple the lives of sufferers, their families, and friends. Collectively as a society, we are as healthy as the hardest hit of our members, so we’ve got work to do. To remove the stigma of brain disorders and to help cure them, we invite you to get involved: become a member of the International OCD Foundation, be an OCDvocate, volunteer, organize/attend a fundraising event, or make a donation.
Annual 1 Million Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk
The 1 Million Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk was created in 2013, the year after my pilgrimage from Cheyney, PA to Boston, MA in memory of Nathaniel, a 525-mile journey by foot. Like the original, this annual walk event builds community and raises awareness, funds, and hope. This year, we want to see how many million steps we can walk for OCD awareness together.
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Where: Christian Herter Park, Boston
When: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Registration, music, lawn games & exhibits: 9:00am
Welcome & Grand Marshall Remarks: 10:30am
Ribbon cutting & Walk: 10:45am
Food trucks, lunch, raffle & closing ceremony: 11:30-1:00pm
Category Archives: Walk
May 4, 2012 Day 11 Allentown to Orfield to Bethlehem (22 miles)
Worried about being on time for my 10:00 appointment at Kids Peace, I hit the road early and purposefully. If The Birth Center is chapter 1 in the story of Nathaniel’s life, then Kids Peace is chapter 1 in the … Continue reading
May 3, 2012 DAY 10 — Quakertown to Allentown, PA (18 miles)
The Road to Emmaus I am walking on the Road to Emmaus today, so it makes good sense for me to have this gospel story on my mind. In my story, unlike the original, JC does not apparate before me … Continue reading
May 2, 2012 Day 9 — Kulpsville to Quakertown (17 miles)
Pique-nique à la français Again I wake up to the haunting sound of falling rain, but unlike yesterday’s morning deluge, this one persists. Within an hour I’m thoroughly soaked, but warm and happy to discover that sneakers with superior socks … Continue reading
May 1, 2012 Day 8 — Dresher to Kulpsville, PA (via Horsham & Hatfield) 18.85 miles
Happy May Day? I wake up to the sound of hard rain and wonder what this day will be like. Trust in the unfolding, I remind myself. It will be what it will be, (but please don’t let it rain … Continue reading
April 30, 2012 DAY 7 — Germantown to Fort Washington, PA (11.25 miles)
Into the Desert of Solitude Walking with friends is a wonderful addiction. As part of today’s withdrawal plan, I lose Uncle Chris, Aunt Helen, and cousin Chris at the corner of Coulter Street and Germantown Avenue. Cousin Kathy stays with … Continue reading