By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, News Correspondent
Walk MS
National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society
$25 minimum fundraising
Sunday, April 1
Harvard University Athletic Complex Stadium
65 North Harvard St., Allston
Walk MS strives to create a world free of MS by funding MS research, and supporting people with the condition and their families. Visit www.nationalmssociety.org for more information.
Walk For Change
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
$25 pre-registration or $30 day-of
Sunday, April 22
Canal Park at the CambridgeSide Galleria
100 Cambridgeside Place, Cambridge
In the seventh annual Walk For Change, survivors, families, friends and other volunteers will join together to increase awareness about preventing sexual violence, support survivors of sexual violence and raise funds for BARCC’s free services and prevention programs. Visit www.barcc.org/join/events/walk for more information.
Strides Against Stigma
Families for Depression Awareness
$10 for students, $25 for striders 18 or older
Saturday, April 28
Nickerson Field, Boston University
285 Babcock St., Boston
Walkers will raise awareness of depression and similar mental health issues in hopes of building a community dedicated to removing the stigma around depression. Raised funds will go to Families for Depression Awareness to provide counseling for people with depressive disorders and their families, and to prevent suicides. Visit www.stridesagainststigma.dojiggy.com for more information.
Race for Her: 5k Charity Run or Walk
Boston University’s Students Against Human Trafficking and Mishaal
$15 for students, $20 for others
Saturday, April 28
Boston Esplanade at the Hatch Shell
Participants will walk for Somaly Mam Foundation and Trust to Reach the Unreached. Somaly Mam fights to end slavery around the world and Trust to Reach the Unreached helps rural and tribal communities receive health services and education with a focus on girls and women. Visit www.buraceforher.weebly.com for more information.
Barefoot Walk in the Park
Chris Cares International (CCI)
$25 registration fee
Saturday, May 5
Pope John Paul II Park
Neponset Circle and Hallet St., Dorchester
The mile-long barefoot walk is a fundraiser for CCI, an organization that builds schools in Africa. The walk will raise awareness about village children who walk barefoot to attend overcrowded schools with limited resources. This year’s walk will raise money to build School St. Nicholas in Tanzania and give every student a pair of shoes. Visit www.barefeet4africa.org for more information.
The Walk for Hunger
Project Bread
No registration fee or fundraising minimum
Sunday, May 6
Boston Common
The country’s oldest continual pledge walk raises money for over 450 emergency food programs in 129 Massachusetts communities that support families in crisis. Visit www.projectbread.org for more information.
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
Avon Foundation for Women
$65 registration fee, $1,800 minimum of fundraising
Saturday, May 19-Sunday, May 20
University of Massachusetts Boston Circle Lawn
100 William T Morrissey Blvd., Boston
The two day, 39-mile walk raises money for Avon Foundation for Women in order to raise money for breast cancer research and patient support. Visit www.avonwalk.org for more information.
Run-Walk to Home Base
The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
$1,000 fundraising minimum
Sunday, May 20
Fenway Park
4 Yawkey Way, Boston
Everyone participating in either the nine-kilometer run or the three-mile walk crosses home plate at Fenway Park to mark the finish line. The fundraising will help the Home Base Program provide clinical care and support for veterans who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families throughout New England. Visit www.runtohomebase.org for more information.
Boston Take Steps Walk for Crohn’s and Colitis
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
Free
Saturday, June 2
Boston Common
Walkers will walk two miles to raise funds for patient programs, education and research for cures through the CCFA and awareness about the diseases. Visit www.ccfa.org for more information.
