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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: 2020 Walk
Walking with Love and Possibilities
In confinement no one can hear you scream. I know from experience. It’s frustrating to be required to isolate and reduce a bigger world to a restricted one, especially if you suffer from BDD/OCD. For many, being stuck in static … Continue reading
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Ninth Anniversary—Feels Like Yesterday
With the budding and greening landscape, Judy and I are strongly reminded of Nathaniel and his mid-April passing. It’s been nine years, yet it feels more recently than that. I got a strong urge to do a mini-pilgrimage, respecting all … Continue reading
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