{"id":2331,"date":"2019-01-02T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/walk-across-country-begins-at-holden-beach\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T11:48:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:48:42","slug":"walk-across-country-begins-at-holden-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/walk-across-country-begins-at-holden-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk Across Country Begins at Holden Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 2, 2019, Thomas Curran will begin an 8+ month journey across the country&#8211;starting in Holden Beach, NC&#8211;to support the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>To most of us, the thought of walking all day&#8230; for days&#8230; weeks&#8230; MONTHS of our life, sounds like torture. Surely, no one would volunteer for such an act.<\/p>\n<p>But Thomas is a brave soul, looking for adventure. To him, this is a soul-searching rite of passage that he needs at this stage in his life.<\/p>\n<p>His journey is part personal challenge, part fund raiser, and a complete act of courage.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Thomas&#8217; journey visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movingonwest.com\/\">Moving On West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re as inspired by his story as I am, you can help out by <a href=\"https:\/\/gogetfunding.com\/movingonwest\/\">donating<\/a> (gogetfunding.com), sending him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/movingonwest\/\">words of encouragement<\/a> (facebook), or even providing a <a href=\"mailto:thomas@movingonwest.com\">place to stay<\/a> (email). Thomas says even being able to pitch a tent in your back yard would be incredibly helpful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2330\" width=\"768\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057-635x400.jpg 635w, https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057-455x287.jpg 455w, https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0057-267x168.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>If you&#8217;re a Carolinian, here are the NC\/SC towns where he&#8217;s hoping to camp:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shallote<\/li>\n<li>Longwood<\/li>\n<li>Loris<\/li>\n<li>Mullins<\/li>\n<li>Marion<\/li>\n<li>Darlington<\/li>\n<li>Hartsville<\/li>\n<li>McBee<\/li>\n<li>Lancaster<\/li>\n<li>Rock Hill<\/li>\n<li>York<\/li>\n<li>Blacksburg<\/li>\n<li>Forest City<\/li>\n<li>Asheville<\/li>\n<li>Marshall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hot Springs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Thomas Curran: Moving on West Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movingonwest.com\/\">movingonwest.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gogetfunding.com\/movingonwest\/\">GoGetFunding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/movingonwest\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasc08394836\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/movingonwest\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S06GmWqBgWk\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:thomas@movingonwest.com\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 2, 2019, Thomas Curran will begin an 8+ month journey across the country&#8211;starting in Holden Beach, NC&#8211;to support the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. To most of us, the thought of walking all day&#8230; for days&#8230; weeks&#8230; MONTHS of our life, sounds like torture. Surely, no one would volunteer for such an act. But Thomas is a brave soul, looking for adventure. To him, this is a soul-searching rite of passage that he needs at this stage in his life. His journey is part personal challenge, part fund raiser, and a complete act of courage. To learn more about Thomas&#8217; journey visit Moving On West. If you&#8217;re as inspired by his story as I am, you can help out by donating (gogetfunding.com), sending him words of encouragement (facebook), or even providing a place to stay (email). Thomas says even being able to pitch a tent in your back yard would be incredibly helpful. If you&#8217;re a Carolinian, here are the NC\/SC towns where he&#8217;s hoping to camp: Shallote Longwood Loris Mullins Marion Darlington Hartsville McBee Lancaster Rock Hill York Blacksburg Forest City Asheville Marshall Hot Springs Thomas Curran: Moving on West Links movingonwest.com GoGetFunding Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[175],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holdenbeach.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}