The Walk for Hunger which we offer to all cluster of the greater Boston area was a great event this year. Many of our aupairs went through the whole course of 20 miles started in Boston, then walked through Brookline, Newton, Cambridge and back to Boston. The weather was perfect despite some early morning chill.
Aurelie and Marie from France with Amy-Louise from South Africa right before the start of the Walk
Jackie from South Africa with her friend in the spirit to walk
Together with some aupairs at the 5 mile mark: Christin, Franzi, Isa from Germany with Amy from South Africa
Walk around the Chestnut Hill reservoir
Amy from South Africa and me halfway through
Tami, Lynn, Judith, Viktoria and Amy at the snack point after 12 miles.
Tami from Germany at the 12 miles mark
Shuttle back to Boston
Katja and Birgit from Germany arrived at the finish line after 5 hours and 24 minutes
Caroline and Lovisa from Sweden at the finish line after 6 hours
Many more aupairs finished the 20 miles and I am very proud of them as well as of so many who walked part of this course too.
To walk for a good cause and to have family and friends sponsoring them is an American tradition and new to many aupairs who come from so many different countries to experience the American way of live here in the US. With this walk our Aupairs raised more then we expected to help the hungry in Massachusetts.
Many more pix can be seen at : Walk for Hunger 2013
We also celebrated Jia ‘s award she got from AIFS for her volunteering at a Boston food pantry. She won the 2’nd prize in this national volunteering award competition.
Jia talked to the whole group about her experience with volunteering and encourage them to do this too since it is so rewarding for her.
Two new aupairs arrived last week in our cluster: Veronica from Colombia and Anja from Germany. Both of them were able to attend our meeting already and had a great chance to get in contact with many other aupairs on our hike.
