Walk A Mile In Their Shoes - 2010

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes is the walk against child abuse that members of Phi Beta Lambda are organizing and operating to help raise awareness of and put a stop to child abuse in our community. This is the second annual Walk A Mile In Their Shoes that Walla Walla has seen and we look forward to making this a memorable day in beautiful Pioneer Park.

The walk will occur on March 27, 2010, at Pioneer Park from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.  This is a family event including field day activities for the children and a free lunch as long as supplies last.  There will be music, special speakers, and information to educate and raise the community’s awareness about child abuse prevention.  We will be walking the perimeter of Pioneer Park, which is 1.34 miles, once at 11:00 a.m. and a second time at 2:00 p.m.


We are representing the Council on Child Abuse Prevention and are contacting local businesses and people within the community such as you to ask for donations to the Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event, a walk against child abuse. There are two ways you may donate-  Of course we will accept cash or check (made payable to the Council on Child Abuse Prevention). These donations can be brought to the event or PBL President, Joshua Conley is available to pick your donations up. He can be contacted at 509-301-7831.

We are planning for a great day in the park with you and your family so won't you come and participate in support of this worthy cause.

Food Drive update

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Hey everybody, just a quick update on the food drive-

Thank you to every person that manned a table these last few weekends, thanks to you along with a donation from a local orchard we were able to fill three boxes for each of our 20 families! That is a mighty amount of food and more than just a Thanksgiving meal! Phi Beta Lambda helped provide sustenance for a large portion of the Walla Walla valley's disadvantaged families!

Additionally, the monetary donations we received were substantial enough that each of these 20 families also received a $25 gift card to Harvest Foods of Walla Walla to help purchase the "perishable" items that are needed to make a Thanksgiving dinner work like a turkey or a ham.

On top of that, a local business (who wished to remain nameless) was willing to donate 5 fresh turkeys to help us with our cause. Two things came from this. First, our twenty families were so well provided with their 3 boxes of food and their gift card that these turkeys were able to be given to alternate families that were in need. Second, this wonderful nameless company cared so much about what we were doing that they provided an additional five turkeys! This made a total of ten turkeys which meant we helped ten additional families with our efforts!

This club has made a huge difference this quarter and I am proud to know the many folks in this club that have labored to make fantastic things happen for our neighbors in Walla Walla, stand proud classmates, you are making a difference in the world, making it a better tomorrow!