WalkBoston is releasing its 2020 Annual Report after our Annual Celebration on Wednesday evening, March 24, 2021. If you missed the event, you can watch the Zoom recording. We encourage you to take part in our Call to Action to Say THANKS for Shared Streets and Spaces. Thank you to all who joined us and showed your support.
Recording of WalkBoston’s 31st Annual Celebration & Golden Shoe Awards, held on Zoom on March 24, 2021. (Inspired? You can still give and be a part of the event’s fundraising effort!)
Thank you for all your support over the years!
Join us on March 24th (on Zoom) to celebrate & honor this year’s Golden Shoe winners!
Each March, we hold our Annual Celebration to honor achievements in walkability and to highlight the contributions of our wonderful volunteers, board members, and the many individuals and corporations who support us each year.
Our Golden Shoes Awards recognize individuals, agencies, municipalities and companies exemplifying the ideals of WalkBoston’s mission.
Congratulations to our 2021 Golden Shoes!
This year, we’re featuring a panel of speakers instead of a standard keynote address. The panel will be moderated by WalkBoston’s executive director Stacey Beuttell. Speakers include:
Registration is on a pay-as-you-can basis. Suggested donation $30.
On Monday, February 1st at 11am, Executive Director Stacey Beuttell will be a panelist for the AAA Northeast Virtual Town Hall which will feature their recent study “Tread Carefully: Examining the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths,” examining data from 2009-2018. You can sign up here & ask a question in advance.
Thank you to all the participants in our first ever “Beat the Bay State” Team Challenge during the month of November. Over 450 people took part across 31 teams! The challenge was a way for people of all ages to participate in outdoor physical activity of walking and running over the 30 days of the competition. It also made it possible for teams to stay socially connected and have something fun and different to talk about when confronted with another Zoom meeting! We’d love your feedback: how’d it go, and what can we do to make it even better next year? Shoot Brendan an email or tweet us @WalkBoston.
Congrats and thank you to everyone who participated. Below we’ve highlighted those teams that had the most participants, raised the most money, and finished the Beat the Bay State Challenge first!
A total of 18 teams achieved the goal to reach 900 miles over the 30 days of November. Well done!
| Date of Completion | Group Name |
| 2020-11-06 20:04:03 EST | GFRC Growlers |
| 2020-11-07 08:46:03 EST | North Medford Club |
| 2020-11-08 19:22:02 EST | Wicked Running Club |
| 2020-11-10 10:05:02 EST | Team RBG (Run, Beer, Grub) |
| 2020-11-10 21:35:03 EST | The LMG |
| 2020-11-19 08:09:02 EST | MassDOT |
| 2020-11-22 07:45:03 EST | Transportation for Massachusetts |
| 2020-11-22 20:36:02 EST | MPA-CPEA |
| 2020-11-22 22:50:02 EST | BarrRamblers |
| 2020-11-23 08:18:02 EST | Random Roamers |
| 2020-11-23 21:28:03 EST | WalkBoston |
| 2020-11-24 10:29:03 EST | UMass Transportation Center |
| 2020-11-25 06:45:02 EST | UMass ITE |
| 2020-11-29 15:30:05 EST | Toilet Paper Finish |
| 2020-11-29 16:10:04 EST | Toole Design |
| 2020-11-29 22:49:04 EST | HRBK Squad |
| 2020-12-01 08:02:28 EST | The Gait Keepers |
| 2020-12-01 09:19:03 EST | HMFH / MDS |
*Teams were able to log their miles on Dec 1st until 12pm for any activities completed during November
While the Beat the Bay State goal was to log 900 miles to virtually circle Massachusetts, that wasn’t the finish line for a few teams: it was just the beginning! Congratulations to these four teams that went above and beyond to “Beat the Bay State” more than once during the month of November:
See the full team results list | See the full individual results list
Boston Beer Company will be providing cases of beer to the 3 largest teams as a prize. We’ll be in touch with your team captain to coordinate a pick-up / drop-off!
Between registration fees, swag purchases, sponsorships, and donations, the event raised $25K. This money supports WalkBoston’s work to advocate for wider sidewalks, support main street businesses and make streets safer for all — all components of our statewide work to make Massachusetts more walkable. Thank you!
See the full team fundraiser list | See the full individual fundraiser list
Again, we’d love your feedback: how’d it go, and what can we do to make it even better next year? Shoot Brendan an email or tweet us @WalkBoston