My sister Louise had a shoe tag created for this year’s June 1st OCD/BDD Walk in Boston. I love the quote on the gift box, “A Journey of a thousand miles begins by putting your shoes on! Lace up!”Yup, that says it all. Since 2012, I’ve been walking miles and miles for OCD/BDD advocacy. I’ve hit well over the 1000 miles mark. What you see in the photo is the shoe tag on Nathaniel’s favorite running shoes, Brook’s Adrenaline GTS—his last pair. That’s my favorite brand too. He wore a size 13, but I’m only a mere size 10. My family and I are raising awareness about OCD/BDD. We started small (like steps) in 2013 and we’ve ended up bigger (more attenders, 22 official Walks around the country, and lots of accumulated miles in common). Please support the Walking With Nathaniel Team at Carlson Beach, South Boston on June 1st. You can be there in person or virtually. You can support my personal walk fundraiser: https://support.iocdf.org/WalkingDenis-2019or join/support the WWN Team: https://support.iocdf.org/WWNBoston-2019. “Lace Up! Buen Camino!”
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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