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Six months from nowâ€¦

Posted on 4/17/2009

Six months ago you volunteered at the 2008 Walk for Hope and helped make the event a HUGE success! Because of you, last year was our largest walk to date, with about a thousand walkers raising close to $15,000 for various non-profit organizations.
Thank you. It couldn’t have happened without you.

…and now we have a date for WFH 2009!
This year’s Walk will take place on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17–six months from now. If at any time during these next six months you hear, see, or experience something inspiring, please hold onto that thought! Then, when you have chance, take a moment to share that idea with us so that we can attempt to bring that inspiration to the 2009 Walk for Hope.

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Join the Walk for Hope Group on our newly launched website: www.bethecause.com

Planning meetings will ramp up in June, but you can check the group for updates.

Submit a Quote
If there’s an inspirational quote that is especially meaningful to you, submit it by May 15 and it will be considered for inclusion at this year’s Walk.Â Please include the author’s full name.

Sign Up for a Team

An event of this magnitude needs strong leadership. There are nine different Walk for Hope teams: Publicity, Registration, Quotes, Entertainment, Registration, Food, Activity Stations, Booths, and Logistics. Role descriptions are listed here. If interested in leading a team, leave a comment in the discussion thread.

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How can we make the event more innovative and interactive? Past activity stations have included the Tree of Forgiveness, Random Act of Kindness Garden, and Letter to Yourself. Share your ideas here.

Website Development

Location: Virtual
Time Commitment: 2-10 hours per week
We’re looking for a volunteer who can give our current Walk for Hope website (www.bethecause.org/walksite) a complete overhaul. We have an idea of the changes we’d like to make, but lack the technological know-how.
Keep the inspiration flowing, and we’ll see you in six months!
-WFH Committee

Day Of Mindfulness @ Sukh Chughâ€™s special garage numero dos :)

Things were hectic the day before and the day before that..I have been getting things together to move.

I knew I needed to be somewhere else though….and meet the nuns of Plum Village (DeerPark Monastery==started by the humble, honorable Thich Nhat Hanh).

I’d been on a few peace walks with this group: www.peaceiseverydayLa.org. I went to two peace walks where Thich Nhat Hanh led the group…and one with a yoga studio…it still had the same message===to walk in peace…slowly. To take in all around you and to BREATHE! In this society and time in history and herstory, it can be a struggle to breathe…really breathe deeply…given all the busyness and such around us.

There’s so much I could write about this experience..maybe some of the other participants can share more…

Things that really were special:

-Walking slowly and observing everything in Sukh’s beooootiful neighborhood and hugging trees with the nuns of the monastery.

-the deep deep restful meditation at the end and the nuns singing to us. It felt like we were outside…sleeping on a forest floor.

-the nature involved and the peacefulness, innocence, good intentions of the nuns.

-the way they came allll the way up from Escondido to visit Be the Cause volunteer org and support us.

-the special items they gave to Sukh. I need to look up the book title…what was it again?

-the eating in silence and the wise ponderings.

Thank you thank you Sukh, Sonali, Christine for putting this event on. When’s the next one? :)