Sunday,  June 8th

11 am - 3 pm 

Harriet Island 

200 Dr Justus Ohage Blvd, St Paul, MN 55107

*Please register by May 19th to receive a t-shirt at the event! 

On June 8th, we’ll host Huddy’s Hike at Harriet Island. We loved to take Hudson hiking and we’d love to get as many people as possible together to honor Hudson. If you’ve been impacted by our story in any way, please come to the hike. Please donate in Hudson’s honor and help us and families like ours get answers. We know nothing will ever bring our boy back, but we’re determined to make a difference for Hudson. 

The band Yam Haus will be playing a concert at Huddy's Hike. You don't want to miss the chance to see these guys play live!

The Hike

It's a go-at-your-own-pace, 1 mile loop along the beautiful Mississippi River. Harriet Island offers beautiful views of the St. Paul city skyline while still being immersed in nature, which Hudson loved. This walk is leisurely, simple and fun for all ages. Strollers are welcome! 

Little Blues Traveling Zoo - A mobile petting zoo - will be at Huddy's Hike! Kids will get the chance to interact with animals up-close and personally. Hudson loved farm animals and we know he'd love this addition to Huddy's Hike this year!

Get your taste buds ready! Huddy's Hike will have a smorgasbord of food options for you to choose from! If you like BBQ, Ol Smoky's is the best! For our pizza lovers, The Brick Oven Bus will be serving up their stone-fired specialty pizzas.  And all new this year, Waffle Bar will be bringing their food truck, serving yummy ice cream, boba tea and waffles!

​You can never have enough sparkle! Dana with Fairy Hair Dreams will be at Huddy's Hike to add a little sparkle to your hair! Kids and adults welcome to join in on the fun. 

This year we'll be hosting the silent auction online! If you're unable to attend the event, you'll still be able to bid on some amazing offerings including: a 7 night stay in Tuscany Italy for up to 8 people, an all-inclusive trip for two to Mexico, or a year-long family pass to the Minnesota Children's Museum. 

Access to the auction will be coming soon! 

Chris Egert of 5 Eyewitness News will be joining us again this year to emcee the event. We are so grateful for his friendship and support. 

SUDC stands for Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Each year as many as 500 kids die suddenly and without explanation. There are at least 75 families here in Minnesota that have lost a child this way. Many of them will be honored at Huddy's Hike. 

​The SUDC Foundation is the only organization worldwide that exists to raise awareness, fund research and offer support and outreach to families who've lost a child this way. Our family has found an immense amount of support in this organization and the families we've met through here. 

SUDC Facts:

• Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) is a category of death for a child 12 months of age or older that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including the performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and clinical history review.

• Most often, a seemingly healthy child goes to sleep and never wakes up.

• At this time, we do not know what causes SUDC, how to predict it or how to prevent it.

• A medical examiner or coroner could rule a child’s death SUDC when s/he completes a thorough evaluation and finds no other cause of death.
  

• SUDC is considered the 5th leading category of death in kids ages 1-4, and yet very few people have heard of it. 
• SUDC receive no public funding and relies heavily on families like ours to raise funds.