Tread on Trafficking

I've been waiting for the right time to write about this exciting news/initiative/event that we at the Boston Love146 taskforce have been planning--and I figured that my 100th post would be the perfect occasion!

Woohoo! 100 is a big one! But now I want to tell you about something bigger.

Tread on Trafficking is a fundraiser we've planned to help in the fight against child sex trafficking and exploitation. Here are the details:

• Anyone can sign up to be a treader and track their hours/miles to raise money and awareness for Love146.
• Tread on Trafficking kicks off on April 2, 2009, and will run for six weeks.
• Treader registration is $25 and includes the lovely Tread on Trafficking t-shirt pictured below.
• All proceeds raised will be donated to Love146. Love146 trains aftercare workers, multiplies safehomes, aids socioeconomic development programs in high-risk communities and provides a voice for these victims of modern-day slavery.
  

To find out more information, visit www.treadontrafficking.com. I hope you'll consider signing up, whether you've been meaning to hit the gym and needed a good excuse to get your butt in gear (like me), or you're a diehard exerciser like @eastmanj who can be raising $$ and awareness while pounding the pavement--or treadmill.

If you do decide to be a treader, here are a few ideas of how you can make the most of the experience:

1. Set a goal.

Decide how many miles of a cardio activity you think you would want to do during the tread-a-

thon. This can be anything from running to biking to rowing to spinning to swimming, etc. It can also be how

many hours of that activity you think you would be able to accomplish during the

course of the event

2. Ask your neighbors, friends, family, and co-workers to sponsor you.

The more sponsors you have the more you can help rescue and keep children out of prostitution and slavery.

Spread the word wherever you can.

3. Go out and get FIT!

This doesn’t have to interfere with your normal workout routine. In fact, Tread on Trafficking

encourages you even more to get in shape.

Be sure that you keep wearing that t-shirt and tell anyone who asks you about it how to sign up!

The more you work out, the more you are

combating child sex

slavery and exploitation.

The bottom line is, we can ALL do something. Even if you just consider sponsoring someone for a few cents per mile, or pay the $25 to be a treader and simply wear your shirt for better awareness, you will make a difference.

And who knows? That might make you feel even better than all of those newfound endorphins.