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
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
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
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 […]
Speaking about Cancer within a New Mentoring Relationship
At Walk With Sally, each mentoring relationship begins with a Match Day—an introduction of mentor to mentee in the child’s home. The art of making new friends is often an awkward adventure. The first-time we meet someone can be an unchoreographed dance of fumbling over words and general uncertainty. This is only magnified when the […]
Walk With Sally & Rock and Brews Redondo Beach Friendship Activity 2019
Walk With Sally & Rock and Brews Redondo Beach Friendship Activity 2019 In partnership with Rock & Brews Redondo Beach, WWS provided some spring fun for our community. Why Partner with Rock & Brews? “Why not,” says Rock and Brews GM, Walter. It is so important for Walk With Sally to connect and create partnerships […]
Walk With Sally 6th Annual Surf Day Friendship Activity 2019
Walk With Sally 6th Annual Surf Day Friendship Activity 2019 Partnership and volunteers create community at Walk With Sally Friendship Activity. Walk With Sally brings ocean healing and surfing to mentors, mentees and families in partnership with the Jimmy Miller Foundation, and with the support of FTK Social Club, to build community! Photos by @jolugarphotography […]
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 […]
