Care Walk 2025
Care Walk is the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s annual fundraising event and opportunity to bring together the thalassemia community and its supporters around the country. Funds raised support medical research to fight thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, as well as patient support services for thalassemia patients across the country.
Price: FREE
Care Walk 2025's theme this year is "Walk For Your Warrior." This year we want to honor all individuals with Thalassemia, some of the toughest warriors in the world. We encourage all participants to name one person, past and present, that they are honoring with their walk. Each person who registers could also shout out their warrior on social media through videos or pictures with the hashtag #CAFWalkForWarrior.
Join the fight against thalassemia today by joining or supporting a thalassemia care walk below! If you do not see a team in your city for you to join below, head over to bit.ly/CAFCareWalk25 or reach out to communications@thalassemia.org to help start and plan a walk before the year ends! Thank you all for your support and don’t forget to take lots of photos!
Below are a list of locations for walks so far:
Long Island, NY
Team: Connie’s Crew & Rad’s Army
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025
Location: Christopher Morley Park
Contact: Janice Cenzoprano at jepc106@gmail.com
or Radhika at rsawh@thalassemia.org
Grand Rapids, MI
Team: Yasmeen & The Michigan Vampires
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (1000 East Beltline Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525)
Contact: Yasmeen at Yasmeenanis786@yahoo.com
Washington D.C
Teams: Vampy Gene Club & DMV Thals
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Location: Rock Creek Park
Contact: Nika Leonard at nremington3@gmail.com for more info!
Support the Vampy Gene Club Here
Wilmington, DE
Team: CHOP PENN Warriors & Friends
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Location: Delaware Riverfront Pettinaro Park Dr. Wilmington, DE 19801
Contact: Ralph Colasanti at rcolasanti@thalassemia.org for more info!
Support the CHOP PENN Warriors & Friends Team Here
Mountain Lakes, NJ
Team: The A-TEAM
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Location: The Trolley Line Path in Mountain Lakes
Contact: Erin Dean at edean23@gmail.com
Glendale, CA
Team: Jackson 5
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Location: 1717 Santa Paula Place
Contact: Agnes Jackson at love2bnanny@aol.com
Support the LA Dreambuilders Here
Denver, CO
Team: Colorado Thal Walk
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Location: Washington Park, S Downing St. & E. Louisiana Ave, Denver, CO 80210
Contact: Janelle Trieu at janelletrieu@gmail.com
Support the Colorado Thal Walk Here
San Diego, CA
Team: CAF California
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: 2455 Cushing Rd San Diego, CA 92106
Contact: Maria at cafcalifornia@gmail.com for more info!
Westchester/Rockland County, NY
Team: Westchester/Rockland County
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location 76 Old Wagon Road, Bedford Corners, NY
Contact: cafwestchesterrockland@gmail.com for more info
Support the Westchester/Rockland Team Here
Arlington, MA
Team: Chelation Nation
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Location: Contact Tracy for Address
Contact: tracy_antonelli@yahoo.com for more info!
Support the Chelation Nation Team Here
Chicago, IL
Team: Chicago - Blood, Sweat, & Beers 5K
Date: Sunday, August 24 at 11:00 AM
Location: Burning Bush Brewery 4014 N. Rockwell. Chicago, IL 60618
Contact: Liz Halliday at lghalliday7@gmail.com for more info!
Support the Blood, Sweat, & Beers 5K Walk here
Spring Lake, NJ
Team: Ficarra
Date: July 26, 2025 (Rain date 7/27)
Location: Essex & Sussex 700 Ocean Avenue, Spring Lake NJ
Contact: Bob & Marianne Ficarra at ficarra@aol.com
Lombard, IL
Team: CAF Chicago
Date: Sunday, September 7 at 9:00 AM
Location: Knolls Park Pavillion 1502 S Meyers Rd.
Contact: Tina Arvanitakis at tina.arvanitakis@comcast.net
Missori
Team: StL Thal Pals
Date: TBA
Location: TBA
Contact: Erica Stick at estick79@gmail.com for more info!
