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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Last year, over 300 such walks were held across the country and tens of thousands of men (women and children too!) put on high heeled shoes as a symbolic gesture to walk in solidarity with women.  This visually riveting community event is a great opportunity for your business to show support for the men who are taking a stand against violence.  It is also a great way to let the community know you care about women’s issues and are willing to take a stand against sexual violence.

Join hundreds of other outstanding men in our community who are not afraid to Walk the Walk!

Sexual violence does not just affect women. It affects the people who care about them, their families, friends, coworkers, and their communities. Every two minutes someone in America is raped. In the U.S. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men are victims of sexual violence in their lifetimes. That means someone you know, someone you care about, has or will become the victim of sexual violence. It may be your mother, father, sister, brother, friend, partner, coworker, daughter or son. No one is unaffected.

Isn’t this making fun of a serious issue?

Having fun with a serious issue and adding “shock value” brings attention to the cause and therefore raises awareness about sexual violence.  The goal of the Walk is to bring light to a subject that is all too often left in the dark. By focusing on the positive aspect of a community coming together around this topic, the Walk strives to empower individuals to take a stand against sexual violence.

Doesn’t this just promote gender stereotyping?

The concept of men wearing high heels is meant to make a commentary on gender roles in our society.  It is representative of men taking a stand on a topic that has since been viewed as only a women’s issue.  It provides an opportunity for men to dispute the harmful attitudes and behaviors that condone sexual violence in our community.