The Absolute JOY of giving.

A lot happens when you give a gift. We aren’t just giving a materialistic thing.   Many times, we we are giving experiences. Some of these monetary or “materialistic” donations create opportunity, friendship, and the ability to pursue passions.   By giving hiking boots, you can give the gift of the outdoors and nature. A […]

Building Friendships + Gingerbread Houses

This last Sunday, we spent the afternoon surrounded by icing, gingerbread, and so many treats it’s hard to keep track (sugar-rushes are okay during the holidays, right?).   Santa made a guest appearance, along with mentors, mentees, mentors-in-waiting, and mentees who have yet to meet their match.   Constructing a Gingerbread House is similar to constructing […]

Why Men Mentor

We had a great time at our Friendship Activity as we paddle boarded, bounce house-ed, and enjoyed some pizza. In between paddles, hops and bites; we asked some of our male mentors why they enjoyed being a part of Walk With Sally. Here was their feedback: We currently need Male Mentors across the LA Map. If you know […]

Adventure + Zen

Paddle boards, bounce-house waterslides, art, and meditation. Sounds like the ideal day, no?   Our last Friendship Activity hosted at the Bay Club Redondo Beach was an absolute perfect balance, the yin and yang of how we should live our lives.   The ocean has always signified that balance of joy, calm, adventure, fear, conquest, […]

Soothe your Mood With Art

The smell of crayons. The way watercolor drips onto blank white paper, and glides across the page as you drag your brush. The click of marker caps.   Art can be a very therapeutic hobby. Along with surfing, we find ourselves in “the zone”. Better yet, it is an amazing way to express ourselves without […]

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 […]

Volunteer smarter; not harder

Volunteer month is upon us, my friends. I hope you are getting into the spirit, and if not, you have plenty of time. No excuses! Below are some tips from TIME Magazine’s interview with Lauren Bush, CEO of the non-profit FEED. Here is how to make your hours more enjoyable, effective, and… existent. 1. Pick […]

All Aboard Walk With Sally’s Friendship Activity

Walk With Sally strives to bring FUN to our friendships and families in our mentoring program. We do this be providing quarterly friendship activities and bonus activities throughout the year.  On February 27th we took 50 mentors, mentees and family members to he Aquarium of the Pacific followed by Whale Watching. The highlights were the African […]