AIDS
Name: AIDS Walk
Charity: various
Website: http://www.AIDSwalk.org
Allergy
Name: Walk for Food Allergy – Moving Toward a Cure
Charity: The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN)
Website: http://www.FoodAllergyWalk.org
Alzheimer’s Disease
Name: Memory Walk
Charity: Alzheimer’s Association
Website: http://www.alz.org/memorywalk/
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Name: Walk For ALS
Charity: ALS Society of Canada
Website: http://www.walkforals.ca
Name: Walk to Defeat ALS
Charity: The ALS Association
Website: http://www.WalkToDefeatALS.org
Angelman Syndrome
Name: Angelman Syndrome Foundation National Walk
Charity: Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Website: http://www.angelman.org/walk/
Animal Welfare
Name: PetWalk
Charity: PetSmart Charities
Website: http://www.mypetwalk.org
Arthritis
Name: Jingle Bell Run/Walk
Charity: Arthritis Foundation
Website: http://www.arthritis.org/jingle-bell-run.php
Name: Let’s Move Together Arthritis Walk
Charity: Arthritis Foundation
Website: http://www.LetsMoveTogether.org
Name: Walk to Fight Arthritis
Charity: The Arthritis Society
Website: http://www.walktofightarthritis.ca
Autism
Name: Autism Speaks’ Walk Now for Autism
Charity: Autism Speaks
Website: http://www.WalkNowForAutism.org
Birth Defects
Name: March for Babies
Charity: March of Dimes Foundation
Website: http://www.MarchForBabies.org
Bleeding and Clotting Disorders (including Hemophilia)
Name: Hemophilia Walk
Charity: National Hemophilia Foundation
Website: http://www.hemophilia.org/walk/
Blindness
Name: VisionWalk
Charity: Foundation Fighting Blindness
Website: http://www.VisionWalk.org
Brain Tumor
Name: Brain Tumor Walk
Charity: National Brain Tumor Society
Website: http://www.BrainTumor.org/BrainTumorWalk/
Cancer
Name: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
Charity: Avon Foundation
Website: http://walk.AvonFoundation.org
Name: Breast Cancer 3-Day
Charity: Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Website: http://www.the3Day.org
Name: K9 Cancer Walk
Charity: Morris Animal Foundation
Website: http://www.K9CancerWalk.org
Name: Free to Breathe Lung Cancer 5K Run/Walk
Charity: National Lung Cancer Partnership
Website: http://www.FreeToBreathe.com
Name: Light the Night Walk
Charity: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Website: http://www.LightTheNight.org
Name: Macmillan Cancer Walk
Charity: Macmillan Cancer Support
Website: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Fundraising/Walkingevents/WalkingEvents.aspx
Name: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Charity: American Cancer Society
Website: http://MakingStrides.acsevents.org
Name: MoonWalk and SunWalk
Charity: Walk the Walk
Website: http://www.walkthewalk.org
Name: Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk
Charity: The Lustgarten Foundation
Website: http://www.lustgarten.org/Page.aspx?pid=824
Name: Relay For Life
Charity: American Cancer Society (ACS)
Website: http://www.RelayForLife.org
Name: Walk for Hope
Charity: City of Hope
Website: http://nationalevents.cityofhope.org
Name: Walk Ten
Charity: Marie Curie Cancer Care
Website: http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/events/walking/
Name: Walk to Empower
Charity: Breast Cancer Network of Strength
Website: http://walk.networkofstrength.org
Name: Walk/Run for Colon Cancer Canada
Charity: Colon Cancer Canada
Website: http://www.coloncancercanada.ca/annual_walkrun_event_2010.php
Child Cruelty
Name: Hike Against Cruelty to Kids (HACK)
Charity: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Website: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/get-involved/join-an-event/get-active/walk/HACK/HACK_wda72270.html
Cystic Fibrosis
Name: Great Strides
Charity: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Website: http://www.cff.org/GREAT_STRIDES/
Diabetes
Name: Walk to Cure Diabetes
Charity: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
Website: http://walk.JDRF.org
Name: Step Out
Charity: American Diabetes Association
Website: http://StepOut.Diabetes.org
Digestive Diseases
Name: Heel ‘n’ Wheel-a-Thon
Charity: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada
Website: http://www.heelnwheelathon.ca
Name: Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis
Charity: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
Website: http://online.ccfa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TS_homepage
Disabilities
Name: Walk With Me
Charity: Easter Seals
Website: http://www.WalkWithMe.org
Down Syndrome
Name: Buddy Walk
Charity: National Down Syndrome Society
Website: http://BuddyWalk.org
Drunk Driving
Name: Walk Like MADD
Charity: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Website: http://www.WalkLikeMADD.org
Epilepsy
Name: National Walk for Epilepsy
Charity: Epilepsy Foundation
Website: http://www.WalkForEpilepsy.org
Granting Wishes
Name: Walk for Wishes
Charity: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
Website: http://www.wish.org/news/events
Name: Wishmaker Walk for Wishes
Charity: The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada
Website: https://secure.childrenswish.ca/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1604
Heart Disease and Stroke
Name: Start! Heart Walk
Charity: American Heart Association
Website: http://startwalkingnow.org/start_heart_walk.jsp
Hunger
Name: CROP Hunger Walk
Charity: Church World Service
Website: http://www.CropWalkOnline.org
Name: Walk the World
Charity: World Food Programme
Website: http://www.MovingTheWorld.org/walk_the_world/
Huntington’s Disease
Name: Team Hope Walk for Huntington’s Disease
Charity: Huntington’s Disease Society of America
Website: http://www.hdsa.org/teamhope.html
Hydrocephalus
Name: Hydrocephalus Walk
Charity: Hydrocephalus Association
Website: http://www.hydroassoc.org/get-involved/walk-2010/
Kidney Disease
Name: Kidney Walk
Charity: National Kidney Foundation
Website: http://walk.Kidney.org
Name: Walk for PKD
Charity: PKD Foundation
Website: http://www.pkdcure.org/Events/WalkforPKD.aspx
Liver Disease
Name: Liver Life Walk
Charity: American Liver Foundation
Website: http://www.LiverFoundation.org/walk
Lung Disease
Name: Lung Walk
Charity: American Lung Association
Website: http://www.lungusa.org/donate/events/lung-walk/
Lupus
Name: Walk for Lupus Now
Charity: Lupus Foundation of America
Website: http://www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/Walk-for-Lupus-Now.htm
Name: Walk with Us to Cure Lupus
Charity: Alliance for Lupus Research
Website: http://walk.LupusResearch.org
Lyme Disease and other Tick-Borne Diseases
Name: Create Footprints™ in the Fight Against Lyme Disease
Charity: Turn the Corner Foundation
Website: http://www.turnthecorner.org/createfootprints
Mental Illness
Name: NAMIWalks
Charity: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Website: http://www.NAMI.org/namiwalks
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Name: Challenge Walk
Charity: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Website: http://www.ChallengeWalk.org
Name: Walk MS
Charity: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Website: http://www.WalkMS.org
Muscular Dystrophy
Name: MDA Stride & Ride
Charity: Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Wevsite: http://www.MDAwalk.org
Obesity
Name: Walk from Obesity
Charity: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation (ASMBS), Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)
Website: http://www.WalkFromObesity.com
Poverty
Name: World Partnership Walk
Charity: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Website: http://www.WorldPartnershipWalk.com
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Name: Walk to Cure Psoriasis
Charity: National Psoriasis Foundation
Website: http://walk.psoriasis.org
Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence
Name: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Charity: Local rape crisis centers
Website: http://www.walkamileinhershoes.org
Suicide
Name: Out of the Darkness Community Walks
Charity: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Website: http://www.OutOfTheDarkness.org |
Thanks to my friend Michael Gibbons at Buttons for Hope http://www.buttonsofhope.com for sharing some additional charity walks for this list. Do you have a favorite national/international charity walk that is not on the list? Please post a comment and let me know.
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