Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2024
Sep 20, 2024—Sep 22, 2024
Location
ACROSS THE US AND CANADA
Event Contact Kathy Serafin | Email
Categories Anthroposophy, Canada, Central Region US, Community Project, Eastern Region US, Hawaii, Mid-Atlantic, NE-plus, Southeast, Western Region US
ANTHROPOSOPHICAL PRISON OUTREACH PROGRAM
Every year the APO walk-a-thon raises funds to bring the wisdom of Rudolf Steiner to individuals who are serving time in prison.
Our 12th annual Walk a Mile in My Shoes event is coming soon: the weekend of September 20-22, 2024.
Walkers/runners/bicyclists gather pledges from their friends, family, and co-workers. Our goal this year is $35,000 and your participation makes a difference! If you have volunteered in previous years, we hope you will join in again… and for those who have not participated in prior years, we encourage you to join in this beautiful deed!
Unlike most walk-a-thons that take place in one location, this is a nationwide event with no set course. Walkers, runners, and cyclists participate wherever they are located, for however far they want to go! You can choose 2 miles or 10! Some choose to do all at once and others a little each day throughout the weekend. You can walk, run or cycle alone or with friends, in a park or neighborhood, along a waterfront, or on a trail. And truly know you can be anywhere in the world to participate. Last year one walker logged her miles in Dornach, Switzerland, during a visit to the Goetheanum!
How can you help? While many of you donate regularly to the program, this is an opportunity to broaden the support to the larger community. Participants invite their co-workers, family, and friends to sponsor them. People give because they want to support YOU! All you have to do is ask: “Would you be willing to sponsor me for a walk-a-thon I am doing?” We make it easy, with a web link you can email to friends and family or post on social media as well as a packet including a sign-up sheet and some brochures you can hand to potential supporters.
Several ways you can participate:
- Volunteer as a Walker, Runner, or Cyclist, and ask your friends and relatives to support your cause!
Learn more and set up your own personalized fundraising page by clicking here. Just click the Walk for APO button to join in. You can then share it on social media or email it so your friends and family can easily donate to your walk. This fundraising method is convenient and secure. Also, it feels good to see others who are participating as walkers.
In addition to the online signup, you can also call us at (734) 662-9355 Ext 238 or kathys@anthroposophy.org to let us know you’d like to be a walker or cyclist. We’ll send you a packet with everything you need to get started.
- Sponsor a walker, runner, or cyclist in your local community! Follow this link and scroll down to see the fundraising pages of our walkers and cyclists who have already created them. Remember, not everyone walking will have a page, as some choose to gather donations directly. Ask around your local branch to see if there’s someone you can support.
- Make a contribution directly to the program. Click here to make a secure, online gift to the APO. You can also write a check made out to ASA/APO Walk-a-thon and send it to: 1923 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Help us meet or beat our goal!
Anthroposophical Prison Outreach is a program of the Anthroposophical Society in America, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit member organization. Gifts are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law.