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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
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May 8, 2012 Day 15 — Port Murray to Chester, NJ (15 miles)
Walking on Empty I wake up famished. Full disclosure: I didn’t have dinner last night because to do so would have meant walking seven more miles round trip on top of yesterday’s fifteen. I guess I could call family and … Continue reading
May 7, 2012 Day 14 — Phillipsburg to Port Murray (15 miles)
How do I tell Nathaniel’s Story? As expected, I sleep soundly despite the somber decor, but in the very early AM, I’m eager to move on. At the reception desk of the Phillipsburg Inn (see yesterday’s blog), I’m greeted by … Continue reading
May 5, 6 Days 12 and 13 — Bethlehem, PA to Phillipsburg, NJ (22 miles)
“It’s an abomination!” The Book of Leviticus Yippee! I finally cross the Delaware into New Jersey, reminiscent of George Washington’s winter crossing except I’m walking and not in a boat and it’s May, not December. (What was he thinking? Bridges … Continue reading
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