Written by: MacKenzie Paschen, WWS Social Club Member Published by: Melissa Ostrowski The Right Community – Walk With Sally Social Club As a young, professional living in the South Bay and throughout Los Angeles, finding a community to impact can be difficult. Finding one that is like minded and looking to give back, even more […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mentorships & Friendships: Creating Hope In Spite of Cancer Meet Bryan & Danny: Danny is 11 years old and four years ago he lost his mom to stomach cancer. He’s now living with his older sister and typically keeps to himself in his room, oftentimes alone in the apartment they share. Danny’s sister found out about Walk […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Adolescence is hard enough without the challenge of cancer. Domenic & Monse are 14 and 12 year old sisters trying to understand why their mother is having to fight for her life. Their mom was diagnosed in 2014 with Stage 3 Breast Cancer and it has affected their family of four. Dad has only so […]