An Emory & Henry junior is raising money for a nonprofit organization while he hikes the Appalachian Trail this semester. Carter Momsen-Hudson, from Hillsborough, North Carolina, is part of the College’s Semester-A-Trail program, which allows students to hike the Appalachian Trail to earn college credit. For every mile Carter walks on the AT, people are pledging money for a special cause.
“A good friend of mine is having serious health concerns, and I wanted to involve her on my hike,” says Carter. “I let her choose the charity that I would raise money for, and she chose Comfort Cases, which provides children in foster care with backpacks.”
Comfort Cases is a nonprofit organization that was created to bring comfort to children in the foster care system.
“Backpacks are a huge part of Appalachian Trail culture, and hikers can appreciate a good backpack because we have to live out of them for months,” says Carter. “Unfortunately, usually kids in foster care have to put their belongings in a trash bag or leave them behind. So, my friend Abby and I thought that this organization would be a perfect combination of our passions – helping kids and living out of backpacks.”
Carter left for the Appalachian Trail with other students in his cohort on Sunday, Feb. 28.
For Carter’s Go-Fund-Me page, visit here.<https://www.gofundme.com> For more information about the Semester-A-Trail, please visit https://www.ehc.edu/outdoor-pr.
College hiker raising funds for special cause
