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 […]

How To Make An Impact On Your Community

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 […]

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 […]

Staying Connected and Supporting Your Mentee While Practicing Social Distancing

The recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led us to uncharted territory with many questions on how to continue building relationships and maintain our community when we are staying home. We wanted to share some tips on how to stay connected in your mentoring relationship in a time of social distancing! We encourage mentors, mentees, and […]

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 […]

2019 Holiday Friendship Activity at LA Live

Friendships and Families Ice Skating Together On December 7th 140 members of the Walk With Sally community came together for ice skating, movies, and fun to celebrate the holidays! The day began with an ice breaker where we got into groups and shared what we are most grateful for this year and our goals for […]

Putting the Men in Mentoring

Men Who Mentor: Meet Peter In honor of National Mentoring Month, Walk With Sally is honoring all of our mentors who contribute to our organization! We are so grateful for our volunteer mentors and all that they contribute to the Walk With Sally community. One mentor, Peter Phelps, is a cancer survivor, and just celebrated […]

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 […]