For ten days, from September 1st, seven hikers
walked 200 miles down the C&O canal with no
backpacks, no tents, no sleeping bags and
absolutely no food! Only each other for comfort and
a single tea bag each for sustenance.
This was the second such “Slog.” The first, 2 years
ago, raised $25,000 for the education of girls in
Afghanistan. This time participants sought
sponsorship to raise money for health and education
clinics in Southern Sudan. These centers are being
Donations are 100% tax deductible and ALL money
raised goes directly to the clinics.
John Dau, a former Lost Boy and star of the film
“God Grew Tired of Us,” was right behind this year’s
Slog and was in the courtyard at National
Geographic Headquarters in Washington DC, at
4pm on September 10, to welcome the hikers over
the finish line.
This fund-raiser has the blessing of the National
Geographic Society but it is not an official Society
event.
slog v
1. vi to walk slowly with great effort
2. vi to make headway or progress through something with great difficulty
