In Case You Missed It | Program August 2022

August 3, 2022 Surf Day Walk With Sally partners with the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation to host 120 attendees including families, mentors, volunteers, Walk With Sally program staff, and Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation staff for its annual day at the beach. Children filled with anticipation watch surfing videos all week to prepare. The day opens […]

In Case You Missed It | Program February 2022

March 2, 2022 Written by: Jen Tomo, Program Coordinator at Walk With Sally Mentor Roundtable Walk With Sally hosts a quarterly Mentor Roundtable where are mentors come together to discuss the challenges in their friendship, gain insight and advice from one another and reconnect. The first Mentor Roundtable of 2022 was led by Walk With […]

In Case You Missed It: Friendship Activities November 2021

December 1, 2021 Written by: Jen Tomo, Program Coordinator at Walk With Sally Create the Change In honor of Veterans Day, Walk With Sally partnered with Project Giving Kids and Village for Vets to create thank you cards and hygiene kits for homeless veterans. Village for Vets fills critical gaps in key services for homeless […]

Understanding Childhood Grief – How Walk With Sally Can Help

How Grief Impacts Children When you’ve lost a loved one, the holiday season can be especially painful. Before graduating from high school, 1 child in every 20 will experience the death of a parent. This statistic doesn’t include the children who experience a different kind of loss— the death of a sibling, a grandparent, friend, […]

Hope for the Holidays

Hope for the Holidays – Adopt A Family Program The holidays are a time for family and friends to come together and celebrate. No matter what holiday you celebrate, this time of year certainly has a magical feeling. For many families though the holidays can be an especially difficult and challenging time. Walk With Sally […]

Walk With Sally Mentors’ Frequently Asked Questions

Matthew & Ed mentor and mentee

Frequently Asked Questions About Mentoring As part of National Mentoring Month, Walk With Sally hosted Heathere Evans, an Advisory Board member with Walk With Sally, who founded Pivot Coaching which blends communications, psychology, neurobiology and organizational effectiveness to serve organizations and individuals with professional development, mentoring and coaching programs. Heathere came by and provided her […]

Mentor of the Year 2020

Walk With Sally’s 2020 Mentor of the Year Award Walk With Sally is honored to announce our 2020 Mentor of the Year! Maurice has become a fixture in our community and has been an incredible mentor and supporter of WWS!  Thank you for all that you do Maurice! Bonded by Cancer Maurice lost his stepfather […]

In Honor of #ThankYourMentor Day

What does a Friendship mean to a child? On January 11th, “I Am A Mentor” Day, our 2018 Mentors of the Year Marlo and Brian shared a bit about their experience being a mentor. In honor of #ThankYourMentor Day, we asked their mentees, Kristina and Liam, to share what their Friendships mean to them! Kristina’s […]

Friendship Activity Sponsored by HornBurg Jaguar Land Rover Dealers

walk with sally's 4th annual surfing event

Walk With Sally’s 4th Annual Surf Day sponsored by HornBurg Auto Group, HornBurg Jaguar Land Rover Dealers, will bring a day of community, support and belonging to children who’s loved ones are impacted by cancer. Each quarter Walk With Sally hosts free-of-charge group activities for all friendships, families, and prospective families in our program. The […]

Celebrating Military Appreciation Month with Breezy!

Name: Breezy Mentee Name: Emily Who is your Sally? My Mom and dad are both my Sallys. They were a young 50 and 52 when they died with six different cancer between them. I was 22 when my dad died; 23 when my mom died. I had only been out of college and in the […]