Thursday Aug 6, 2020 Sunday Aug 9, 2020
When is the VIRTUAL Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Event?
Kickoff for the event is August 6th from 12p-8pm:
This is when you can pick up your t-shirts and supplies to make walk signage to use during your personal walk.
Timeframe for the event is August 6th-9th:
This is when you complete your walk in the community of your choice!
How do I participate?
A virtual walk event is one that can be completed any where during the timeframe identified. You can participate in your neighborhood, favorite park, or community streets. As long as you walk for at least one (1) mile for this event, you have completed the VIRTUAL Walk a Mile in Her Shoes!
For the last 2 years, Rivers of Hope hosted our Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Event in Monticello to raise awareness around the issue of domestic violence. The 2019 event, despite the rain that day, welcomed over 100 individuals from all over Sherburne and Wright Counties and beyond to demonstrate their commitment as allies to end family violence.
This year, our Walk a Mile Event faces even greater challenges beyond weather. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it hard to get together as a large group to raise awareness, but that’s not keeping us from getting the word out about the impact of domestic, family, and teen dating violence in Sherburne and Wright Counties!
We are excited to plan our 3rd annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Event this year to go VIRTUAL! We hope that by getting people walking THROUGHOUT the counties (and beyond) we can INCREASE awareness of relationship violence in 2020!