Date: Saturday March 29, 2025 at 9:00am
Location: Lake Accotink (Springfield, VA), or virtually anywhereWe invite you to Walk with Us for 4 miles, as we come together to raise awareness and funds for CCH’s critical healthcare, education, and community development work in Jacmel, Haiti. Click here to register or donate!
Why 4 miles? Demontreuil is a community of thousands located 4 miles from CCH’s Primary Care Clinic in Jacmel. Here, families face significant economic and social challenges. CCH partners with the “OCASE” farming co-op and EMEVO Primary School in Demontreuil to provide leadership development, teacher training, and other essential resources that meet immediate needs and strengthen the community.
For residents of Demontreuil, 4 miles is often the distance they must walk to reach CCH’s Clinics—an essential lifeline for healthcare. When you Hike 4 Haiti and invite others to join you, you’re helping to bring critical support to families who rely on these services. With each step, you are bringing life-changing opportunities and life-saving care to those who need it most.
On March 29, 2025, we invite you to Walk with Us 4 miles around Lake Accotink. Participants can join us in person at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield, Virginia, or hike/walk/move on your own as a virtual participant. Together, we will make an impact.
Snacks, beverages, and “Brunched Around the World” food truck will be available for in-person participants. Bring your pup to walk with you if you’d like. Leashed dogs welcome! It’ll be a fun day filled with purpose and connection!
Registration
You can register, sponsor or donate to this event online on CCH’s “Give Butter” event management site: https://givebutter.com/moS77X.
Registration is $40 for in-person and $50 for virtual (includes mailing your event T-shirt). Register by March 10th to get a T-shirt in your preferred size! Registrations after 3/10/25 are not guaranteed a shirt.
Event Date/Time
“Hike 4 Haiti” is happening on Saturday, March 29th, both in person and virtually/remotely.
In-person participants, please navigate to 5660 Heming Ave Springfield, VA 22151 and arrive 8:45-9:00am on Saturday morning March 29th. Follow the signs to pick up your T-shirt and swag at Lake Accotink marina’s “Large Shelter”.
Hiking Trail
In-person participants will walk 4 miles around Lake Accotink, starting and finishing at a picnic shelter near the marina. Trails are mostly flat and a combination of paved and gravel surfaces.
Virtual participants can hike, bike, swim, walk or move however suits them best and then upload a video or picture of your fitness activity to Instagram or Facebook. Please tag us using @cchaiti Pictures can also be emailed to abby@cchaiti.org, and we’ll post them for you on CCH’s social media channels!
Funding CCH’s Work in Haiti
The Hike 4 Haiti Challenge is crucial in helping CCH achieve annual fundraising goals so that we can treat more clinic patients, serve more school students, and lift up more communities in Haiti. We make it easy and fun to get your friends and family on board. You can set up your personal fundraising page after you register. We have PRIZES for individual fundraisers (see below).
Have questions about the event? Contact Abby Gwaltney (abby@cchaiti.org, 703.932.0812)
Event Sponsors
Sponsorships are a great way to get local exposure for your business and make a big difference in Haiti. Click here to view/download a PDF describing different sponsor options.
To sign up as a sponsor, click the “Register or Donate” button on the top right of our registration page: https://givebutter.com/moS77X Sponsor options are listed in the different types of registrations/tickets.
Important deadlines:
- March 10 – deadline to include your name/logo on the event T-shirt
- March 22 – deadline to deliver your swag bag items to Abby or Carson (pens, coupons, etc.)
Contact Carson Rich (carson@cchaiti.org, 703.895.8394) with questions about sponsoring this event.
