Walk details

The Eversource Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital is the one day each year when our entire community—friends, families, sponsors, patients, Boston Children’s employees—comes together for kids. That’s pretty special. Join us at the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston or create your own route on Sunday, June 11. Here’s how it works:

Register

Register for free. Create a team, join a team, join on your own or volunteer. You’ll receive a Fundraising Center with tips, tools, and a personal fundraising page to help you reach your goal. You can join us in person at the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston, or at any location you choose!

Fundraise for kids

Share your personal fundraising page with family, friends and coworkers. Let them know that you are participating and raising funds to help kids and families at Boston Children’s, and ask them to support your efforts with a donation. We’ve also planned exciting incentives and challenges to boost your fundraising before Walk Day. All participants who raise $150 by July 1 will receive a Walk T-shirt. Participants who raise $150 or more will receive a T-shirt on Walk Day. Virtual participants, those creating their own course, who raise $150 or more by May 31 will receive their T-shirt in the mail.

Join and celebrate

On Sunday, June 11, join us at the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston or create your own course anywhere you’d like.
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Participants at the DCR Hatch Shell in Boston will enjoy a two- or six-mile route along the Charles River, family activities, entertainment, lunch and more.

Participants elsewhere can choose any route, any distance, wherever they’d like!

No matter where you are, we’ll celebrate you, the families you’re supporting, and the lifesaving impact we’re making together as a community.

It only takes a minute to get started. Register for free today!

Directions

Take the "T" (MBTA)

• Red Line to Charles MGH station: Take the nearby footbridge across Storrow Drive and walk a few hundred yards upriver
• Green Line to Arlington station: Walk up Arlington Street toward the Charles River and cross the Arthur Fielder Footbridge

Parking

Registered participants can park at the Boston Common Garage for free. Be sure to pick up your parking voucher at the Check-In tent when you arrive on Walk Day. From there you can take a short walk to the corner of Beacon and Charles Street and then towards David G. Mugar Way to the Hatch Shell lawn. View Map.

DCR Hatch Shell Walk maps

There is a two- and six-mile route. Both routes run along both sides of the Charles River.

2-mile Walk Route Map(click image to enlarge)

6-mile Walk Route Map(click image to enlarge)