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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: 2012 Walk
June 01, 2012 Day 39 — Brockton to Needham, MA (20.7 miles)
Rabbit…Rabbit! What is it deep within the walls of the Brockton friary that wakes me up at such an early hour? 4:30 is hardly an appropriate time to start one’s day, but I do. First order of business–say “Rabbit…Rabbit!” Then … Continue reading
May 31, 2012 Day 38 — Mansfield to Brockton, MA (14 miles)
In Mansfield, I wake up to the splendor of Burnham Family Hospitality. As the French would say, “C’est une bonne adresse!” Last night’s lasagna dinner fulfilled all culinary expectations. Thank you, Beth, Dave (in absentia), Katherine, Laura, and the founders … Continue reading
May 30, 2012 Day 37 — Attleboro to Mansfield, MA (13 miles)
National News Coverage In lieu of my usual blog, and to conserve my energy for the final push of the walk, check out the article posted today on ABC News. And the Los Angeles Times picked up the article run … Continue reading
May 29, 2012 Day 36 — Providence, RI to Attleboro, MA (14.1 miles)
After two days of much needed rest in Providence, I’m ready to take off again. Waking up in Annie Brownell B & B on Angell Street is quite special. There aren’t many other guests here, just one I think, so … Continue reading
May 28, 2012 Day 35 — Providence, RI (6.1 miles)
Providential Wanderings For those of you who felt linguistically alienated by yesterday’s blog in French, my apologies, but not really. (Webmaster’s note: An English translation of yesterday’s blog has been posted by an astute reader in the “comments” section at … Continue reading