Date and Time
Saturday Aug 28, 2021
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Saturday, August 28
- 11-2 pm: Family Fun Day starts
- FREE event provided by River City Family Connections, "Keeping Children Safe and Happy".
- Face painting, carnival games, bounce houses and more!
- Noon: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes check-in, recieve your FREE bag, water bottle, and shirt. If walking in the signature RED HEELS, pick them up at check-in.
- 12:30 pm: Walk on the Merdian Bridge in support of survivors of abuse.
- 1 pm: Closing remarks.
Location
The Lawn at the Meridian Bridge
Fees/Admission
Register at: https://raceroster.com/events/2021/49189/14th-annual-walk-a-mile-in-their-shoes
Contact Information
Reata McDonald
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Description
Walk w/ a Team:
- Get together with your co-workers, family, or friends! As always, walking individually is more than welcome.
- Start Collecting Pledges! All pledges go toward our agency and shelter, where our mission is to help all survivors of abuse in our community and surrounding counties.
- Collecting pledges is easy! Your friends and family can support this important cause by visiting this page and searching for your name on the left side, making the donation as simple as a few clicks.
“End the Violence One Step at a Time”
Why do we walk?
We walk for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse. We walk to show survivors that they are not alone.
- In the US, 20 people per minute are abused by a domestic partner. That equates to more than 10 million women and men a year.
- Every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted; and every 9 minutes, that victim is a child.
- Only 3% of human trafficking victims are ever identified.
- In 2020, we served 310 survivors; 53 of them were children.
- Last year, we provided 1,264 nights in our shelter to survivors of violence.
