Walking for Children

Will you help me to help children in need?

 

In 2008 I started walking as a means to improve my health.  On Marh 15, 2009 I began walking at least 4 miles every day.  In 2010 I had the idea to have people sponsor me for the miles I walk with the money being donated to the Cyprus Shriners Transportation Fund (they provide free rides to children receiving care at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield and Boston, MA). In 2014 I decided to try to walk to the Springfield hospital (about 170 miles).  

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I walked to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Springfield in 2014 and 2015.  In 2016 I decided to add the Shriners Hospital in Boston to my walk and after reaching Springfield, continued on to Boston for my walks in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.  For 2020, my walk ended at the Springfield Hospital.  To date, a total of $54,300 has been raised.

 

The money raised is now going to the Shriners Hospitals for Children located in Springfield (30%), Boston (30%), Phildelphia (10%) & Erie (5%), the Cyprus Shriners Transportation Fund ((15%), and the Ronald McDonald House of the Capital Region (10%).