Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

A huge THANK YOU to all of the men and women who participated in the 4th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. Our amazing Walkers raised $35,000 for Our VOICE and this goes directly to serving men and women affected by sexual violence. We are so grateful for the community support around this event and can’t wait to see you again next year as we celebrate 40 years of serving Buncombe County!

Top Individual Fundraiser = Adrian Vassallo, Dixon Hughes Goodman

Top Team Fundraiser = Make Noise

Top Individual Finisher = Adrian Vassallo, Dixon Hughes Goodman

Top Team Finisher = The Hop Ice Cream Cafe

Most Spirited Individual = David Cohen

Most Spirited Team = Appalachian Foot and Ankle

Check back for photos soon or visit the Our VOICE Facebook page!

Over here at Our VOICE we are up to our necks in awesome WAM t-shirts, registrations pouring in, Firstgiving tallies… but most of all crazy large women’s shoes!  We hope that you are gearing up for the Walk as well and look forward to seeing you this Saturday rain or shine (though I am pretty sure it is going to be shine!)

If I can’t convince you to join us… maybe Sheriff Van Duncan can… (check out his sensible pumps!)

Looking for a way to show off your heels even BEFORE the Walk a Mile?

Join us this Friday April 19th from 7-10pm at The Arcade in downtown Asheville (130 College Street) for some pre-Walk revelry!

• Purchase your shoes (Hip Replacements will be there with a new shipment of very large shoes – men’s size 13+)

• Get your picture taken lookin’ awesome in your shoes (thanks to Cindy from CLicKs Photography who will be there)
• Get your grove on with live music, snacks and drinks!

This guy (Kip from Hip Replacements with customized pin strip heels) is definitely Pumped Up!

Thank you for your patience as we update the Walk a Mile Asheville Website.

We have set the date for the 4th Annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes (Asheville Style!) for Saturday April 27, 2013.

Same location – City/County Plaza in beautiful downtown Asheville.

Registration will be at 10 – the Walk begins at 11 and the after-party will be at 12.

In the meantime – please “like” our facebook page and share your Walk a Mile photos!

If you have any questions please call Our VOICE and ask to speak with Robin or Shilpa at (828) 252-0562 or email RobinP@ourvoicenc.org

Thank you to all of the amazing men (and the women and children who supported them) who came out on Saturday April 27th for the 3rd Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.  Over 500 walkers participated and helped to raise $30,000 for Our VOICE! 

Top Fundraising Individual = Joe Corriveau
Top Fundraising Team = Marco’s Pizza (third year in a row!) 
First Place Walker/Runner = (tie!) Adrian Vassallo and  Ravi Raurs
First Place Team = The Hop
Longest Mile Award (Best Effort) Team = EarthFare
Highest Heel Award (Most Spirited) Individual = Kip Veno (of Hip Replacements)

Join other brave men who will be Walking A Mile in Her Shoes at the Get Pumped Up event on Thursday April 12th from 6-9 at The Southern. Music, food, and great spirits abound as Walkers show off their shoes, learn how to Walk from a pro, and get pictures to help them with fundraising (as taken by ClicKs Photography in our “photo booth”).  Hip Replacements will be on-site with shoes for sale if you “forgot” yours in the back of the closet.

Register for the Walk (if you haven’t already), create your personalized FirstGiving fundraising page, and have fun at the expense of other’s foot-related woes!

Put the call out to your friends, family, and co-workers and have them join you for this sneak-peek before the Walk on April 28th. Just imagine how great you’ll look in heels… drinking a beer!

This event is $5/person and is a fundraiser for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event benefiting Our VOICE.

For more information please contact Our VOICE – (828) 252-0562 or email Development Coordinator, Robin Payne - robinp@ourvoicenc.org

Thanks to the amazing work of Bruce Kennedy! We are so thankful for all of the great community support for the Walk (did you see Greg from The Hop, the giant pizza from Marco’s Pizzeria, and Kip from Hip Replacements… who else did you see?)

If you’re man enough to Walk the Walk then you need to join us on Saturday April 28th in downtown Asheville — show the women in your life that you are willing to take a stand, put on some heels, and march with other men against sexual violence.

The question remains… do YOU need some new shoes? REGISTER TODAY!

Thanks to everyone for an amazing 2nd Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. 300 Walkers (men and the women who love them) came out on a beautiful Saturday morning to Walk the Walk and in the process raised over $20,000 for Our VOICE.

Big props to our award winners:

Top Team Fundraiser – Marco’s Pizzeria
Top Individual Fundraiser – Bruce Kennedy
First Team Across the Finish Line – The Hop
First Individual Across the Finish Line – Billy Beard
Team that Walked the Extra Mile – EarthFare West Asheville
Most Pumped Individual – Jonathan Rich (White Lightning)

Also a huge thanks for the support of the following businesses:

Hip Replacements
EarthFare
WLOS
Asheville Citizen-Times
Mountain Xpress

We are humbled by the support from our community and can’t wait to do it all over again in 2012!

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