Transformative Love: This is Amy & Chloe’s Story
When Amy Dorr recently attended 8-year-old Chloe’s talent show, something happened that she never thought would happen. “Chloe voluntarily walked up to me and gave me a big hug. And she said, ‘Thank you for coming.’” That was a monumental gesture for Chloe, considering where her relationship with Amy, her Walk With Sally mentor, started […]
Surf & Stress Less
Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world! We recently had our annual Surf Day in partnership with JMMF. What we wanted to provide is a way to cope with the stress, and general “life” things that happen. Here are 5 reasons surfing has actually helps us, and even those […]
Because of You
Because of your willingness to Stand Up For A Friendship at our Red, White & Brew event on June 5th, supporting a Match in its first year, we were able to match Steven and Josue on 6/16/2016 Josue joined WWS because his father left him at a young age and his mother recently found out […]
Nancy and Ashley
Ashley, her sister Ruth and her mom Erica live in Santa Ana. Erica is battling breast cancer and besides healing, has wanted nothing more than for Walk With Sally to match her two daughters with a mentor each. We were able to do this in March with a double match! Nancy and Ashley have seen […]
Lifetime Friendship Award 2016
This year we are honoring Danielle Aiello and her mentee, Samantha with the Lifetime Friendship Award. So we asked Danielle to tell us about her story, here’s what she had to say… I first learned about Walk with Sally about 7 years ago from a good friend of mine, Wimberly whose husband Randy was old […]
Speak & Listen
Feeling like a weight is lifted off your shoulders? It is funny how just sharing what is bothering you can make a huge difference, even if the situation itself hasn’t changed. But we find so much relief when talking about our issues. We find comfort when we feel completely understood. This is the […]
She’s a Survivor
National Cancer Survivor Day is coming up on June 5th! Congratulations to all the survivors out there! In our community, we know each cancer story is unique. However, we understand each others’ disbelief, fear, love in our families, and joy when “good news” comes along in our journey. Today, a cancer survivor takes the stage […]
Strength in Numbers
Do you remember hosting lemonade stands in Kindergarten, probably making a net profit of two dollars? Alex’s Lemonade Stand Fund is an entire company raising funds for children’s cancers by combining all these little stands to raise enough money that truly makes a difference in the Cancer Community. Children at Vance Air Force Base decided to dedicate […]
Discover your Purpose
But, whyyyyy? While this may be a phrase reiterated from children just discovering the world at age 3, adults too wonder, but why? Why are we here? Soulpancake does a video series asking people ages 0-100 different pressing (or not so pressing) questions. These videos are all incredibly inspiring, but I took a look at […]
May Military Gratitude
Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy; WE SALUTE YOU! May marks National Military Appreciation Month. There are so many men and women serving our country in various ways, in various branches of the military. While most youngins were just worried about legally going to bars, 21-year-old Brad Patriarca was joining the US Coast […]
