1,000 walkers expected to raise money for access to clean, safe water
Walk for Water 2024
Registration is open now for the ninth annual Beaufort County Walk for Water on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal and Sept. 20 at Wright Family Park in Bluffton. An estimated 1,000 walkers are expected to participate, helping raise a record $100,000 to fight the global water crisis.
Beaufort County Walk for Water promotes awareness of the global water crisis and raises money to provide sustainable, safe water around the world. All money raised benefits Water Mission, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization based in Charleston that builds safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas.
Participation by Beaufort County residents, businesses and churches makes
Walk for Water 2024
a life-changing difference for thousands of people in desperate need, according to Nan Krueger, Beaufort County Walk for Water committee leader.
“The money the walk raises lifts up people for generations in communities around the world,” Krueger said. “As little as
$50 provides one person ongoing access to safe, clean water, $500 can create latrine sanitation for a community, and about $1,000 can build solar panels for a power source. These are things most of us take for granted but make a transformational difference to those who don’t have them.”
Walk for Water 2024
Participants can carry a bucket of water on part of a 3-mile walk to symbolize the burden millions of women and children in developing countries carry daily to collect water that’s often contaminated. That unsafe water has dire consequences: A person dies from water-related illness every 37 seconds somewhere in the world, according to Water Mission.
Registration is open now on the Walk for Water website at walkforwater.com/beaufort.
Registration is $25 for adults 18 and older, $10 for youths ages 5–17, and free for children 4 and under. Participants who register by Aug. 13 will get a T-shirt and a $5 discount using the code EARLYBIRD on the registration site.
Follow Beaufort County Walk for Water on Facebook and Instagram @BeaufortWalkforWater, and on Twitter #bftwalkforwater. For more information, call (843) 769-7395. For sponsorship information, contact Robert Lasher at (843) 906-8118 or rlasher5519@gmail.com.
