PBL: Walla Walla Washington

Sunday, March 14, 2010

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.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Haunted House helps the community

Our club put together the biggest hanted house that the Walla Walla valley has seen in decades, rivaling the famed JC events! We want to thank every single person that assisted with this fundraiser and community service event from the hands within the club to the assistance from private members outside the club! We want to thank the many local businesses for coming together and providing many of the items we needed to put this haunted house on and making the community that much closer!

We saw nearly 2,000 people come through our dreary doors and most of them had the courage to finish the spooky maze of maniacal madness! Each of our 20 scenes were widely discussed, often while the victim was watching behind them to ensure that nothing was coming after them!

With this 2,000 people, PBL managed to raise quite a bit of money. After paying for the debts incurred on this event and providing a small amount to the club for future events, PBL found themselves dividing up $8,000 to the following causes (which was approved by the club in this morning's meeting):

$2,000 - College scholarships for business students within our community college

$1,500 - YWCA domestic violence shelters

$1,500 - Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse

$1,500 - Literacy programs in our elementary schools

$500 - Valley Residential Services

$500 - March of Dimes

$500 - divided to 10 families in difficult situations for a better Christmas.

The companies that helped were many and each provided assistance to getting our haunted house off the ground in some manner or another. These companies are listed here:

Greiner Radiators

McDonald Zaring Insurance

Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse

Cascade Fire Protection Co.

Walla Walla Union Bulletin