The first time I participated in the Harbor Walk was in 2012. I found out about this walk because my friends mother works as a heart doctor at Tufts Medical Center. She was particpating in the walk and was raising money for her team "The Heart Throbs".
The second I found out about this walk, I was hooked. I wanted to participate because the walk because the cause is something I could not turn down. the Harbor Walk & Run presented by DCU for Kids is a 6-mile walk and 5K run along the South Boston shoreline to raise funds for Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children. Since the event's inception, it has raised nearly $2 million to benefit the organization's mission to heal, comfort, teach, learn and seek the knowledge to promote health and prevent disease.
The year I participated the Harbor Walk & Run raised $400,000. This money goes to not only improving both Tufts Medical Center and the Floating Hospital for Children, but it also goes to funding research for new discoveries in the medical world.
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Tufts Medical Center is one of the many hospitals inside Boston. The origins of the center date back to 1796. It was established as the first permanent medical facility in New England, and one of the first in the United States.
Tufts has a history of achievement in scientific research and clinical advances. Their research has led to the discovery of drugs that prevent the body’s rejection of transplanted organs, coining the term "immunosuppression," and also brought to light the link between obesity and heart disease. Tufts ranks among the top 5 percent of the nation’s institutions that receive federal research funds. The medical center is dedicated to providing excellent patient care, participating in innovative research and training the next generation of leaders in medicine. It is a center for biomedical research and is the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine where all full-time Tufts physicians hold faculty appointments; the center is connected to Tufts University School.
The medical center is dedicated to providing excellent patient care, participating in innovative research and training the next generation of leaders in medicine.
sources: tuftsmedical.com
