2020 Harvest Hike

Thank you for visiting this page! Our names are Ezra and Amy, and we are two eighth graders currently attending the Park School in Brookline. Over the past few weeks, we have been brainstorming and creating plans to find a way to help people who are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout the past few months, we have been learning more in-depth about the effect of the virus on the economy, and about the millions of citizens cast into poverty by the sudden national decline. Together, we came up with a mix between a fun time for families and a convenient and efficient fundraising strategy. We’ve invented a six-day long walkathon taking place over Thanksgiving break, encouraging people to try to get out of their houses and go for a walk with family or friends. Making arrangements during the uncertainty of the pandemic can be difficult, and we understand that many families are probably contemplating different plans over the upcoming break. 


Places such as World Vision expect global poverty to push 88-115 million people into extreme poverty, rising global poverty rates for the first time in twenty years. Even locally, before your own eyes, people are being forced out of their homes and thrust into poverty. 

One place we have found that stands out from other organizations is Metro Housing Boston, a basic overview of what Metro Housing Boston does is that they work to provide personalized services to help residents of greater Boston in both the homeless preventing and affordable housing system. Metro Housing Boston empowers 25,000 households a year to move along the continuum from homelessness to housing stability.

This plan will not only give families a firm, reliable activity during the day but will also generate the warm feeling of helping someone who needs it. 


The fundraiser will be structured in two different ways. You have the option to donate any amount of money you would like during the break. However, we encourage participants to ask friends and family to donate specific, constant amounts per chosen milestone, such as $10.00 for every mile you walk. Below, we have listed some fun and beautiful places to walk located around Greater Boston. If you are not close to any of these places please reach out to us (find our emails on the “who are we” page on our website) and we will try to find some places near you that would be an enjoyable place to walk.  For more information please click on this link: https://amymckeigue4734.wixsite.com/harvest-hike


Also, please note that when going to donate and it asks for a tip, you can choose "other" and type 00.00 when it asks the amount you would like to add. 

Below are some nice places to walk: 



Brookline reservoir park (Brookline)



Sargent Beechwood Nature Walk (Brookline)



Hall’s pond sanctuary (Brookline)



Larz Anderson Park (Brookline)


Fresh Pond (Cambridge)


Cold Spring Park (Newton)


Boulder brook reservation (Wellesley) 


Ollie Turner Park (Wellesley)


Reservoir Walking Trail / Dog Walk (Weston)


Cat rock Park (Weston)


Boston Common (Boston)


Cushing Memorial Park (Framingham) 


Watertown Riverfront Park and Braille Trail (Watertown)



Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary (Natick)