The 2009 hotties are super-fine!

Spring has sprung, dearest hotties, and it is time once again to dust off our walking shoes. This is the seventh year of the hotties walking and crewing and volunteering and walker stalking! Last year was amazing with $424,870.23 raised for the 3 Day and the Avon Walk and thousands of lives touched; maybe we'll hit $500K this year!?

Let’s start the walk season by stretching our legs with a 6 mile walk on Sunday, April 5th at 8:30am meeting at the Warming Hut. And, as always, please RSVP if you are coming out.

April & May training walks are up on our website and will be posted to the Avon and 3 Day sites soon. We will be leading walks only on Sundays before we start back-to-back Saturday/Sunday training walks in late May. The training this season is geared to the SF 3 Day in October. Our Avon Walkers will have the option to take self-led second loops if they feel the need to increase mileage in conjunction with their training needs.

We’ll of course need route support for walks 12 miles and over. Shoot and email if you want to sign up to provide route support for a walk. We are also working on a plan to address the problem of overwhelming walk turnout. If attendance grows again this year to over 40-45 people on a walk we may have two training walks on Saturdays with staggered start times

Even if you are not planning on walking this year there are numerous ways to be involved with the events, the hotties and our community - reach out & stay connected!

In Our Lifetime received non-profit status in October (hurrah!) and will be sending/posting more info regarding ways to be involved. We will be seeking committee heads and members for various “tasks” related to running training training walks, organizing clinics, team activities, implementing/managing our walker mentor program “Shoulder to Shoulder”, and our BUST it out! fundraiser.

This year we also plan to host our some of our clinics (will be posted on the training walk page on the website when confirmed):
May – shoe fit
June – stretching for endurance walking
July – pacing for endurance & strength/walking form techniques
August – Back to Back weekend

See you on the road & be well. Here's to another fantastic year!
Linda


Other immediate needs:
help updating our website (we'd love to have a calender which enables people to RSVP directly on the site)
outreach and letter writing to get the word out about the Shoulder to Shoulder program.
grant research & writing for In Our Lifetime
wish: donated storage space/small workspace for all of our hottie stuff, training walk supplies (water, etc.) in the Marina, Presidio or very close by with 24 hour access.

Warming Hut Hotties - Hearts and Soles United Against Breast Cancer
Web: http://www.warminghuthotties.com
Training Walk Schedule: http://www.warminghuthotties.com/Training_Walk_Schedule.php
Email: warminghuthotties@sbcglobal.net