3,027 Walkers Support Children’s Charities At Matthews Auto Walk-A-Thon

Saturday, October 3rd, I spent time in Downtown Norwich at East Park as part of the annual Matthews Auto Walk-A-Thon. It was a great event with many walkers, live music, food, and games.

Matthews Auto Walk-A-Thon

The Matthews Auto Group also held the same event at the Rail Trail in Vestal, along with other locations where they have a dealership. This is the 7th year that Matthews has organized this event, benefiting fourteen children’s charities in Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester, Norwich, and Schenectady in New York State, and Scranton in Pennsylvania.

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Matthews Auto Walk-A-Thon

Over the 16 locations on October 3rd, $126,466 was raised. The list of recipients includes:

•  Mom’s House - $4,621
•  A Room to Heal - $7,325
• Handicapped Children’s Association - $8,427
• Guthrie Hospice Vestal’s Camp Hope for Kids - $14,807
• GiGi’s Playhouse - $23,061
• Children’s Home of Wyoming Conference - $5,688
• Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital Syracuse - $9,354
• Joseph’s House Syracuse - $6,729
• ED23 Syracuse - $5,240
• Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester - $10,000
• Make A Wish of Greater Rochester - $4,016
• Things of my Very Own in Schenectady - $11,597
• Chenango County Child Advocacy Center in Norwich - $11,117
• Children’s Advocacy Center of NEPA in Scranton - $4,477

Matthews Auto donated $10 per mile for every mile walked by registered participants to the charity or charities of the walker’s choosing (up to $75,000), plus Matthews matched cash donations up to $12,500, plus corporate sponsors contributed.

3,027 walkers registered, which is a record, pledging to walk over 7500 miles in person at the Rail Trail in Vestal and East Main St. Park in Norwich and virtually in the other cities Matthews Auto serves.

Including this year’s event, $720,209 has been raised by the Matthews Walkathon since the event’s inception eight years ago.