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 […]

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 […]

How to Host White Light White Night Safe at Home

HOST A WHITE LIGHT WHITE NIGHT SAFE@HOME PARTY ON AUGUST 22! You’re cordially invited to host a White Light White Night safe-at-home party on Saturday, Aug. 22 and join us for our livestream event, featuring live entertainment, a brief award ceremony, and stories from our local community. WLWN is Walk With Sally’s largest annual fundraising […]

Calling all MEN – New Mentor Training May 23rd, 2017!

With a waiting list of mentees that seems to be constantly growing, we are always looking to vet new mentors for the Walk With Sally mentorship program. Due to demand, we are only able to host new mentor trainings roughly once a month, and we will be hosting the next one on Tuesday, May 23rd, […]

National Volunteer Month

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April is National Volunteer Month and we’re pretty excited about it! Not only is this the perfect time for us to recognize and say ‘Thank You’ to our current volunteers (more on that later!), but it is also a time to highlight the benefits of volunteering, and showcase all of the different ways that prospective volunteers […]

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 […]

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 […]