Chuck is blogging!

Chuck posted his first blog entry last night on The Chuck Pappas Story. Blood samples, stitches, chemo and radiation therapy - Check it out!

Thank you, Hugh and Terri!

We officially have a place to stay at the end of our first day. Hugh and Terri Norwood of Sykesville, MD have opened their home to us for that night, and they're only about five miles from our first stop in Barrett. Hugh and Terri became good friends with Chuck and Jen when Hugh and Jen both worked at Lesley University. And now fate is bringing us all together on this amazing journey. Thanks guys!

Why we love Chuck

This is a short YouTube video Farm Sanctuary released last year after the pig rescue. The first and last narrator that you hear is Chuck. Check it out:

Possible Route Plan

Now that the GiveForward page is set up, the next task on my to-do list is getting down to the nitty gritty logistical details of planning the walk itself. I have come up with a very tentative route plan that goes as follows (see map below):

Sunday - Arlinton, VA to Barrett, MD - 41.5 Miles
Monday - Barrett, MD to York Springs, PA - 45.6 Miles
Tuesday - York Springs, PA to Liverpool, PA - 49.5 Miles
Wednesday - Liverpool, PA to Watsontown, PA - 42.2 Miles
Thursday - Watsontown, PA to Ralston, PA - 38.4 Miles
Friday - Ralston, PA to Caton, NY - 45.4 Miles
Saturday - Caton, NY to FARM SANCTUARY - 29.1 Miles

Total: 292

If anyone has any input to share, please send me an email. If you live along the route or within 10 miles of it and you have a place for us to stay or a yard in which we can pitch a tent, I am all ears! The towns above are loose goals; depending on how things go from day to day, we could end up walking a little more or a little less on any given day. If we have to stop where there is no camping area, motel or volunteer house, we may take the van to the nearest possible rest location and then return to where we left the following morning.


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Ecorazzi and VEGDaily spread the word!

I'm thrilled to report that Michael Parrish DuDell, senior editor at Ecorazzi and co-creator of VEGDaily is the first person to donate online in response to Rory's $500 match incentive.

AND even more cool, he's just posted the story on both of these excellent websites! Thanks, Michael!

And thanks to everyone who has made contributions today online and by mail. We are making this happen!

Thank you, Rory!

Rory Freedman, one of our favorite best-selling authors, has posted a note about our walk on Facebook, and she'll be matching $500 in donations! If you're a friend of Rory's on Facebook--as you obviously should be--just make a donation through our fundraising site and then post the amount on Rory's wall. Once the $500 mark is crossed, she'll match it!

Thank you, Rory!

Donate online!

You can now donate online to the 300 Miles For Chuck walkathon! Just click the link or go to:
http://www.giveforward.org/walkforchuck

For those who prefer the old fashioned method, you can now write checks to:

Charles Pappas Supplemental Needs Trust

And mail them to:

Charles & Jennifer Pappas
183 Mill Road
Chelmsford, MA 01824

Thank you so much!