The Golden Road

East Coast Greenway Walk

Elevate Youth

Elevate Youth is on a mission to break down systemic barriers of access to the outdoors.

We introduce youth from underserved neighborhoods to outdoor activities such as skiing, fishing, surfing or rock climbing, using mentorship & a community approach to inspire a love of the outdoors.

Matt & Grace

In 2023, Matt & Grace (@theggoldenroad) will attempt to walk the entire East Coast Greenway, a 3,000 mile connected trail from Maine-Florida, in support of Elevate Youth.

Support Matt & Grace in their journey by making a donation to Elevate Youth today! 

All proceeds directly support Elevate Youth's programs. 

 

Help matt & Grace complete their goal

 
 

to raise funds for Elevate Youth’s outdoor programming

 
 
 
 
 

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Where do we sleep?! As you can imagine, walking to someplace new everyday means always sleeping in a new place as well! Between this walk and our last we've had the opportunity to stay at a lot of really cool places and meet so many amazingly nice
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We have found on our long walks (and day to day life) that it’s important to find little things to look forward to that make you happy. On the last walk (California-South Carolina) for us it was any and all cold beverage stops. This time it&r
 

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