Due to cancellations by hosts, cancellations by schools, and dwindling funds, we have had to re-evaluate the remainder of the walk.

We will be:

- Culminating in San Francisco (not Sacramento)

- Walking 500 miles (rather than 750)

- Finishing May 9th (instead of June 6th)

Despite these changes and our limited resources, we are still committed to fulfilling our promise to all of the remaining schools. We have already reached over 7,000 middle school students, and over the coming weeks, we will raise that total to over 9,000 students!

None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our individual donors, our (mainly MIT alumni) hosts and all of the PE teachers who helped coordinate the workshops.  Type 2 diabetes and obesity are a huge problem, and it’s been wonderful to see everyone come together to tackle this important issue.  Thank you.

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Unfortunately as I write this, I am sick.  After yesterday’s walk, Ma and I decided that it would be better to return home to recover rather than infect our hosts.  We are going to take this week to get healthy and make final arrangements for the revised schedule so we can finish strong on May 9th.

May 9th is also Mother’s Day – a symbolic end to the long journey that my mother and I have shared these last months.

Thank you all for helping make this possible!