Because of You Chevron
Because of You Thank You Chevron! Because of your willingness to Stand Up For A Friendship at our Red, White & Brew event in May supporting a Walk With Sally Match in its first year, we were able to match Khryste and Emily on 6/28/17. Emily came to the Walk With Sally program in 2015. She […]
Because of You Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities
Because of You Thank You Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities! Because of your willingness to Stand Up For A Friendship supporting a Walk With Sally Match in its first year, we were able to match Khryste and Emily on 6/28/17. Emily came to the Walk With Sally program in 2015. She lost her mom to […]
Because of You Robert Sprague Foundation
Because of You Thank you Robert Sprague Foundation! Because of your willingness to Stand Up For A Friendship supporting a Walk With Sally Match in its first year, we were able to match Amanda and Monserrat on 6/13/17. Monserrat, or Monse as she likes to be called, came to us from another Walk With Sally […]
Red, White & Brew 2016 – 1 Year Anniversary
Because of You Last year at our Red, White & Brew, you Stood Up For A Friendship and we matched Steven and Josue on 6/16/2016. Now that they have celebrated their one year anniversary, they have a message for you from our Walk With Sally Jimmy Miller Surf Day! These two have been through […]
NPC (No Pucker Challenge) – WWS Spreading Hope For Marian
Walk With Sally spreads the word and shows support for NPC aka “Childhood Alzheimer’s” Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) is a fatal genetic disorder mostly affecting children, approximately 1:100,000 births. It’s commonly referred to as “Childhood Alzheimer’s” We Need Your Help: Time Is of the Essence NPC is always fatal. Without help, Marian and half of NPC children won’t live […]
The Impact of Friendship: Scott & Ronnie
The Impact of Friendship -Scott & Ronnie, matched 11/24/14 Fast forward to this past weekend, Ronnie WON his first race and Scott, his mentor, was there to cheer him on! To support more friendships making an impact like Scott & Ronnie’s please consider joining Friends of Sally. Friends of Sally is a community of committed Walk […]
Thriving Together Through Tough Times
Brought together in tough times, Miranda and Jeanette are now thriving together. Miranda, 14, was introduced to Walk With Sally when doctors were giving her mother just 6 months to live. Miranda was above average and excelling in school, but she began to get very irritable with the situation she was forced to face, cancer […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day with 100 Acts of Love
We decided to celebrate International Women’s Day with a female driven round table discussion, right here in the Walk With Sally office. Our female staffers who make the WWS world go ’round on a daily basis shared stories about the women in their lives who have inspired them, and continue to inspire them. We also […]
Words of Wisdom
On Tuesday, we said thank you to some of our superstar mentors. I was in the audience, chatting with different mentors, and listening to the speeches and words of wisdom while trying to stifle some sentimental tears. A particularly juicy moment for me was listening to Amy’s words of wisdom to Mentors who are just […]
Not just a mentor, but a friend for life
A third of all Walk With Sally friendships involve kids with a loved one affected by breast cancer. This is a story about one of those friendships. Back in 2012, Georgina was battling breast cancer. With all the uncertainties of her prognosis, she knew this for certain: her daughter, Samantha, would always – always […]