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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 31, 2013 Day 11 — Ellicott to Sandy Spring (20 miles or 40,000 steps)
In consideration of my 2:00 appointment at Sandy Spring Friends School, I head out bright and early by 6:30. A seven-hour cushion of time for a 20+ mile walk sounds right to me. The Bob Evans restaurant is open for … Continue reading
May 30, 2013 Day 10 — Baltimore to Ellicott (21 miles, or 42,000 steps)
Today’s challenges are straightforward: 1. Stay sufficiently hydrated in temperatures in the 90s and pay close attention to the body’s overall performance in the heat. 2. Avoid too many detours–today’s route already promises to be in the 20-mile range. 3. … Continue reading
May 29, 2013 Day 9 — Towson to Baltimore (13 miles or 26,000 steps)
Flexibility! The day begins with embracing imperfection once again. In short, I mixed up the Baltimore appointments. I thought today was John Hopkins, but it’s tomorrow morning. How to fill the now empty day? I leave the O’Keefe family grateful … Continue reading
May 28, 2013 Day 8 — Towson to Baltimore — twice! (14 miles or 28,000 steps)
Today’s Activities in a Nutshell * Ate a quick breakfast with host, Peter Doo–an excellent start to the day. * Took a long stroll south on N. Charles Street (4 miles) to my first appointment at Friends School of Baltimore. … Continue reading
May 27, 2013 Day 7 — Edgewood to Towson, MD (22 miles or 44,000 steps)
I leave at 7:00 a.m. to have enough time to walk today’s formidable distance. Since it’s a holiday (Memorial Day), traffic warms up later than usual, so I take advantage of the empty road. The steady rhythm of my walking … Continue reading