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: Walk With Sally Program October 2021

November 3, 2021 Written by: Jen Tomo, Program Coordinator at Walk With Sally Chargers Game The Chargers graciously donated tickets to our Walk With Sally families and mentors. The seats were club field level and gave our community an experience they might not have been able to have if not for the generosity of our […]

Nicole and Deborah: Brought Together by Breast Cancer

Mentor Nicole and Mentee Deborah at Walk With Sally's tie dye Friendship Activity in El Segundo

Nicole & Deborah: Brought Together by Breast Cancer Nicole and Deborah were matched in November of 2018, and while we’ll get to where they are now, their path to finding Walk With Sally was paved by their experiences with cancer. Deborah: the mentee Deborah, at just 13 years old, has seen her mom battle, and […]

Breast Friends – Businesses Give Back for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Friends 2020 Campaign Image for Walk With Sally

Walk With Sally’s Breast Friends Donation Campaign 2020 Businesses collaborate to support Walk With Sally and all families and children impacted by breast cancer during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month…but here’s something you might not know – Walk With Sally’s families are impacted by breast […]

The Virgen Family: Community Support For The Whole Family

The Virgen Family impacted by Breast Cancer at a Walk With Sally event

Finding Out About Cancer When the Virgen family found out that Flora had stage 4 Breast Cancer, it was time for them to come together as a family, but they also wanted to make sure their kids had support. Not knowing where to turn or even how to talk to their kids about cancer, Ariel […]

Creating A Future Filled With Hope: Liam’s Story

Mentor and Mentee Friendship Brian and Liam together with his mom and breast cancer survivor Betsy

Liam was just a young teenager when he found out about his mom’s breast cancer diagnosis and he found himself continuing to listen to the voice in his head reassuring him that she would be fine, listening to that voice giving him hope. In June of 2017, he was matched with Brian and the hope […]

Walk With Sally Fall 2019 News & Events

Mentees impacted by cancer having fun at Walk WIth Sally's Friendship Activity

Fall 2019 News & Updates   Finding The Fun in Friendship Activities Since we last connected, Walk With Sally has been busy creating an incredible community of support around all of our families impacted by cancer.  During July, Rock & Brews hosted their second activity of the year where mentors and mentees could come together for a […]

Bryan & Alrick: Connected by Breast Cancer

Bryan & Alrick’s Friendship: Connected by Breast Cancer Alrick watched his mother battle breast cancer while in his late 20s, and then went on to watch her lose another battle with cancer nearly a decade later. When he saw a report about Walk With Sally on Spectrum News, he immediately knew this was a way […]

Support Through Community: Maureen & Izzy

A Friendship Story – Maureen & Izzy Maureen’s friendship with Izzy is a true testament to the Walk With Sally mission. Izzy joined the program when she was just ten years old. Her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and, at the time, she was in remission. Although Maureen and Izzy originally had complete […]