5 Weeks to Go!

With only about 5 weeks until the start of our Kindness Walk, Bob and I have been asked how folks might specifically support us. Okay, here you are some key possibilities:

1. If you are in the local area, we’d love it if you could bake 2-4 dozen of your all-time favorite cookies and put them in bags in your freezer. We imagine passing out a couple thousand cookies as we walk along over our 9 days. Bob and I will bake a bunch, but we sure could use some help! (Jim can collect the frozen cookies from you sometime before August 11. Just email to let me know if you have some to share!)

2. Carpool with others early on the morning of August 12 to arrive at North Seattle Friends Church in Shoreline by 8:00 AM. The Walk starts from there. Before we head out we’ll have some quiet worship time in the church starting around 8:15 AM. We’ll pass out t-shirts to anyone joining in. It would be lovely to have many of you join us at least for the start of the walk if not the whole day (which goes for 8.5 miles and ends up at Temple Beth Am in north Seattle).

3. If it gives you joy, you can make a donation to help cover our expenses. Some of you have already done so and we are so grateful! There is a very easy process for donating from our website. Just click on DONATE at the top of each website page. Right now we have raised just over $6,000 and we expect our expenses to total approximately $10,000. Most of that is for the 1000 t-shirts that I bought last week (and which we’ll be giving away). If by any chance we end up with surplus donations, Bob and I will pass along any extra to help the hungry and unhoused in our local communities.

4. Consider coming to Olympia on the afternoon of Thursday, August 20 to welcome us as we complete our walk and arrive at the State Capitol. You could even choose to walk the last bit with us as we walk through the downtown area. We are imagining a hundred people or more welcoming us!

5. Finally, spread the word! Share the website with your friends. And really, come walk with us on any day for ANY distance. Check out each day’s route by clicking on ROUTE. We are expecting a lot of sweet stuff to happen along the way.

NOTE: Use the WALK SIGNUP page on the website to indicate which day and for how long you want to join us. Not only that, when you sign up you can indicate what size t-shirt we can have ready for you!

Can’t wait to see all of you! Thanks for your support!

“All we have to do is take each step, carry the message,
reach out to others along the way, and embrace the
unexpected joys we are given.”