WWS Happenings September 2017

Healing Through Art “Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.” – Julia Cameron On September 10th we welcomed 12 mentors and mentees into our office for “Memories on Canvas” our 3rd Heart to Home session for 2017.  Everyone was asked to paint a memory, object or color that reminds […]

Happenings August 2017

  Surf’s Up with Jimmy Miller! On August 13th we partnered with The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation and hosted a Friendship Activity for the kids, mentors and family members in the Walk With Sally community. With over 105 participants enjoying a day of surfing, body surfing and beach games. The day was made possible by […]

Congratulations to our Lifetime Friendship Award Winners!

Walk With Sally is proud to present the 5th Annual Lifetime Friendship Award to mentor Chris Martinez and his mentee Patrick who have been matched for 5 years. Chris lost his father to pancreatic cancer at the age of 27, and felt like he was going through grief alone, with no support system.  After hearing about Walk […]

Walk With Sally Happenings June 2017

Celebrating Graduations! We want to celebrate the incredible milestones of our mentee’s graduations this year, from high school and middle school! Chris and Patrick matched 6/24/12 are celebrating 5 years and Patrick’s successes in high school. We asked Chris what advice he would give new mentors: “Wow. Can’t believe it’s been 5 years. I could […]

Inspiring and Empowering Women

Strength, Determination, Humor and Compassion: Two Walk With Sally supporters discuss women who have inspired them and how they plan on continuing in their footsteps.   Michele Brown, a Keller Williams agent and President of the Women’s Council of Realtors South Bay, believes in creating a safe haven for motivation and encouraging each other to […]

WWS Happenings May 2017

What We’ve Been Up To This Year Overcoming Obstacles It was a gorgeous day on May 13th for 32 attendees at our latest Friendship Activity hiking in Baldwin Hills. The theme behind this activity was “Overcoming Obstacles,” not just the hike itself, but we also learned that for several mentees, this wasn’t the only obstacle […]

Southbay artist with a heart of gold

In an effort to really take a moment and appreciate National Volunteer Month, we are paying homage and thanking those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Someone in particular who has been an amazing contribution to the Walk With Sally community, is local artist, Drica Lobo.  Introduced to Walk With Sally […]

WWS Happenings Spring 2017

[row] [/row] [row] [col span=”1/2″] Si Hablamos Espanol Nearly every day we are faced with a challenge, a potential mentee wants to take part in the Walk With Sally mentoring program, however his parents only speak Spanish. Thanks to the Tower Cancer Research Foundation’s Community Partners grant we have been able to create a Spanish […]

White Light White Night Committee Kick Off

Already time for the summer’s most anticipated event! With 2017 in full swing, and a successful Friendship Bowl under our belt, it’s already time to begin planning for everyone’s favorite summer event – White Light White Night! Each year we strive to bring fresh, new ideas to the table that will leave guests wanting more. […]

WWS Happenings Feb 2017

    We’ve all been working on our New Year’s Resolutions, here’s what has been happening while you were at the gym… All About Science Earlier this year 21 kids joined their mentors at Apple to learn how to code. Using iPads they were able to direct these small electronic balls through the maze on the […]