Every step brings a child closer to a forever family. 

Hike With Your Heart celebrates the transforming impact that having a caring family has on a child growing up alone. Join in the fun! Honor the idea of family, invite your friends to hike with you or just help you reach your fundraising goal. Nothing makes a difference in a young person’s life like having a family!

Participants raise funds—as individuals or part of a team—to support the thoughtful work of giving older youth in foster care a voice and a choice in who becomes their family.

HOW IT WORKS

• Register to hike $30 (free for kids 19 and under)
• Set your fundraising goal ($500 to $2,000 suggested.)
• Invite friends to join you
• Using your own easy-to-create fundraising webpage, raise money to support Kidsave. (We’ll do most of it for you.)
• Come out to hike, but stay for the post-hike lunch!

REGISTRATION INCLUDES

• A group hike with a bunch of great people
• A Free T-Shirt
• Lunch provided by Kidsave
• Connections with our local Kidsave community

LOCATION 

The National Mall

Meeting Point: Outside the Smithsonian Metro Station on the south side of the National Mall near Jefferson Drive, SW

1205 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, DC 20004

9:30 AM Check-in, 10:00 AM Hike

For questions, please contact Jenny at (202) 503-3102 or jenny@kidsave.org, or Genesis at (310) 241-3114 or genesis@kidsave.org.

HOW IT STARTED

Hike With Your Heart started in 2015 in Los Angeles as an outdoor event for people to enjoy some great scenery and meet local kids in foster care while they enjoy a leisurely hike. Today, it is Kidsave’s premier outdoor fundraising and advocacy event held in multiple cities nationwide. The events across the country include games, meals, T-shirts, shoes for the kids, and lots of camaraderie.