Walking For Water 2021
JUNE 19 – 20
EVENT UPDATE – JULY 24, 2021
A DEEP APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US THIS YEAR FOR THE WALK. YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL! WE ARE STILL RECEIVING DONATIONS BUT INCLUDING THE $4859 RAISED IN THE AUCTION WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF $75,000!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! WE WILL HAVE A FINAL NUMBER SOON – BUT WE THANK ALL WHO DONATED AND ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS EXCELLENT GROUP OF TEEN LEADERS. THEY INSPIRE US EVERY DAY! THEY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
VIRTUAL WALK 2021!
WELCOME!!!
What an exciting event we have in store for you this year!
Keep scrolling to get all the info and find out how to register and start walking some miles.
And check out the new logo for the 2021 Event. We are so grateful for our teen groups who bring so much creativity to everything! They rock!
YOU CAN STILL DONATE TO THE EVENT IF YOU LIKE!
THE AUCTION AND RAFFLE ARE CLOSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO BID AND BOUGHT TICKETS!
THE EAST COAST RAFFLE WAS WON BY LINDA BURKE AND THE WEST COAST BY MORGANNE MAHER! CONGRATS!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Our new collaborators from the Global Bridge Foundation have an amazing announcement for the walk! Absolutely wonderful!
WALKING FOR WATER 2021 – VIDEO EVENT
Like last year we are having a video component to our event – except this year you can watch it whenever you like! Just click play below and see some sharing from our teen groups, a few auction highlights, a little about our projects and a showing of 20 Miles a Glass, the wonderful documentary by Colter Johnson about Walking for Water. It was picked up by PBS! Sit back and ENJOY!
June 19th and 20th are here!!!
We are excited to add some new features to the Virtual Walking for Water this year. One is the new Event Page hosted by our fundraising partner Donor Drive. Two is the fun walking app Move Spring. More interaction. More engagement. More adventure!
There are three basic ways to join in for the virtual event:
Do one or all three! Our hope this year is for more collaboration, community, and camaraderie to make this an event that will continue for many years to come. Better yet – you can join in from anywhere in the world! Sign up to participate through the app and walk with everyone else! Share your progress and encourage others to join. If you believe in the work of Wisdom Spring – you can show you are part of the people who care about supporting our teens and supporting others around the world.
CLICK THE REGISTER NOW BUTTON TO SIGN UP, SET YOUR WALKING GOAL, AND REACH OUT TO SPONSORS!
YOU CAN ALSO DONATE DIRECTLY ABOVE!
Registration is OPEN!!!
Plenty of time to set your goal, find sponsors and share with your community.
All you need to do is:
REGISTER
Go to our Event Page to sign up and create your fundraising page. Then download the Move Spring app and link to your favorite fitness tracker. It takes a few minutes and then you are ready to go. A new adventure!
SHARE
A key part of the event is reaching out to your community to engage sponsors for your walking goal. Make sure to personalize your fundraising page, reach out to friends and families and create incentives to get as many donations you can!
WALK
Get those steps in! We will open the event before May 19th – the 17th – so you have plenty of time to walk your 20 miles, or more if you want! Make sure to share your progress and challenge others to join you!
Although the official Event is June 19 and 20, we will go live in Move Spring on June 17 and keep it open until June 22.
In addition to the Walk we are also hosting:
SILENT AUCTION
This year we are hosting another silent auction with a wonderful variety of artwork, treats and teen-inspired items for your bidding interest.
One of the highlights is hand-designed and painted metal watering cans created by the teens on the East and West Coasts. We feel deeply grateful for their creative inspiration.
The auction is live! Just go HERE!
PLEASE NOTE: THE AUCTION AND RAFFLE ARE ON A SEPARATE SITE FROM THE WALK REGISTRATION. IT IS ON GALABID. YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP A DIFFERENT LOG-IN THAN DONOR DRIVE.
RAFFLE
Not sure how you want to participate? Well if nothing else grab a few raffle tickets to win some awesome prizes. This year it is a special creation from our teens!
The more tickets you get – the better your chances. The raffle is hosted on our Auction page. Grab your tickets HERE!
VIDEO STREAMING EVENT
Through June 19th and 20th we will have a Video Event available to stream featuring a host of fun and informative content collected by our teens on the East and West Coast. You can watch it anytime on those days! Just check it out at the top of the page.
The Stream will feature:
Personal stories and inspiration
Insights about our projects in India and Africa
Auction Highlights
The 20 Miles a Glass Documentary by past teen Colter Johnson.
VISIT US ON INSTAGRAM
ATTENTION HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS‼️walking for water will kick off our first in-person meeting for the ‘21-‘22 school year next Thursday September 30th at 8:15 AM in the auditorium! Susan will be there, so do not miss this opportunity to meet our wonderful leader for the very first time! #bethere #w4w #walkingforwater #hhspridestrong
Hey Heritage members of Walking For Water. Join the new HERITAGE W4W remind for updates about our club this year! #walkingforwater 💦
Hey W4W we hope you enjoyed the break after all the hard work that went into our 2021 virtual walk! It’s time to get back into the groove of our weekly meetings so please log on to the zoom meeting THIS Sunday (8/15). We can’t wait to see everyone there and we need all the support for the upcoming year!!
Grateful to my teenagers who truly made a difference in changing lives. Our youth are our future! These teens really stepped up and raised money to change thousands of people’s lives in Kenya and India. They are true leaders and if we continue to support them in seeing the value of supporting those who don’t have clean water and those less fortunate then what will their future look like in 50 years. Grateful to all of you who showed up and helped with Walking for Water. Who donated and participated. Grateful especially to Carlyle Coash who helped in such a huge way! Thankful to Sobonfu who opened my eyes up over 20 years ago to truly see clearly the value of water on many levels and Robert Strock and Global Bridge who supported the teens and myself in many ways. To Phen-Dey and Love Tribe Project, and My Chosen Vessels for being our coIlaboration. It is never too late to donate #wisdonspring.org #walking4water_ #makeadifference #help
Hello Walking for Water!😊
With the conclusion of the 2021 virtual walk, we want to thank everyone who participated and donated to the event (it’s not too late to still donate!). Your gifts of kindness and selflessness are bettering the lives of those so less fortunate that us. A gift that keeps on giving.
We love you all and stay tuned for our future projects in the upcoming year🤍💧🌍
#walkingforwater #wisdomspring #water #waterislife💧 #love #walkforwater
Robert Strock. Gifting a Well!!’ What an amazing gift that will keep giving and giving and giving!!
@robertjstrock
#wakingforwater #wateriifeft #robertstrock #globalbridgefoundation #awarenessthatheals #livngyourgifts #walkingforwater_ #walking4water_
Hey everyone it’s not too late to still sign up for the virtual walk @ wisdomspring.org/virtual or simply make a donation.
We need you and more importantly almost 12 million people exposed to extreme water scarcity need you.
Also don’t forget to check out our beautiful auction and raffle items.
Happy walking everyone, we are so proud of you for taking this journey with us🤍🤍
#wisdomspring #walkingforwater #virtualwalk #water #waterislife #walkforwater #love #healourearth #activist
HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING FUN WITH THE CHALLENGE!
Remember our silent auction is still open! At the auction, you can bid on some beautiful, custom watering cans, art, jewelry, and more!
Also, make sure you buy a ticket for the raffle (East and West coast)!!!
THE AUCTION AND RAFFLE LINK ARE IN OUR BIO!!
When Sobonfu Somé went to my daughters school in Leesburg,Virginia she spoke about how she had to walk for water up to 6-12 hrs and it was dirty water. A teenager at the time Kristen Karinshak Wood called and said they walk for water why can’t we. So out if the mouth of a young person the walked was created. 18 years now teens have continued to create projects and walks and haved put in 34 water wells educated thousands of children. This year these teens have created a virtual walk and they are raising money to put a pipeline in Ambesoli, Kenya to bring clean water to 7,000 Maasai people and also 2 water wells in India, to bring water to a Tibetian refugee camp and in the south of India at Hindu, Muslim, Christian village. Help these humanitarian teens from both the East Coast and West Coast save lives. Go to wisdomspring.org/virtual to join walk, silent suction and raffle. #wisdomspring #walking4water_ #makeadifference #livingyourgifts #wisdomspring.org/virtual
ATTENTION!!
Good luck everyone! Wishing you all an excellent Walking for Water event. We let the challenge open early so you can get those miles in!
Remember if you need to log into the Move Spring app - make sure you use the SIGN-UP option (not Log In). Then you enter the event code which is - water. Then use your Donor Drive username and password.
See you all on the Journey Map!
Thank you all for being part of Walking for Water! Wisdomspring.org/virtual
MAKE SURE YOU’VE REGISTERED FOR THE WALK HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, JUNE 19TH & 20TH !! YOU CAN REGISTER AT www.wisdomspring.org/virtual . ONCE YOU’VE REGISTERED THERE, YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE MOVESPRING APP AND USE THE CODE ‘water’ TO LOG IN.
WE CAN’T WAIT!!
Check out some of the East Coast’s silent auction/raffle items that will be featured in our virtual walk on June 19-20! First we have beautiful planter bins painted by Charlotte M. and Alexis B. that are holding mountain laurels which are native flowers to Northern Virginia. We also have pretty floral pendants made by Evelyn M.🌸💧 For more information about the virtual walk and to check out more auction items, please visit wisdomspring.org/virtual 🌍🤍
Silent Auction item done by local Laguna Beach artist Suzanne DeCarion. Join us June 19-20 for virtual walk and silent auction. To learn more and sign up go to wisdomspring.org/virtual let’s bring water to those have to walk hours for dirty water. You can change the link ves of 9,000 people in Kenya and India. #wisdomspring #walking4water_ #savelives #bethechange #waterislife #stopplayingsmall
- JUNE 19TH & 20TH will kick off the 2021 Wisdom Spring Walking for Water walk! Make sure you’ve made a donor drive account and downloaded the Move Spring app if you are participating in the walk!
- If you wish to contribute without walking, donations can still be made at wisdomspring.org/donate. There will also be an auction on the 19th and 20th where our amazing student leaders’s paintings, custom-made jewelry, and watering cans can be purchased. Alongside the auction, there will be an east and west coast raffle!
SPREAD THE WORD! WE CAN’T WAIT!
This is the cause we are walking for. As humanitarians we will rise to the occasion and use our resources and hearts to help those effected by water scarcity. We invite you this June 19-20 to open your minds and selflessness to give back to humanity. We can’t wait to see everyone getting their walk on🤍🌍💧www.wisdomspring.org/virtual
Hey East Coast👋 Show up anytime @ La Villa Roma Pizza in Leesburg, VA between June 1st (today) and June 3rd!
This years walk goal is to make AT LEAST $75,000!! Let’s get motivated, driven, and dedicated to raise the money in order to make a difference this year. Be sure to sign up through the donor drive at wisdomspring.org and also connect your account to the MoveSpring app. DM us with any questions you have about signing up and we can’t wait to see everyone participating!🤍🤍🤍
GET READY!!
La Villa Roma in Leesburg will be hosting a 3 day-long spirit ‘night’ from June 1st to the 3rd! Just mention ‘Walking for Water’ at the end of your order!
WE CAN’T WAIT!!
Hey Walking for Water!👋 Today is national endangered species day and it’s so important to raise awareness today about this cause. Many endangered species keep ecosystems alive and healthy and these ecosystems help provide many African communities with clean water. Keeping our Earth healthy and the organisms that inhabit it healthy has so many positive effects🌎💦
#walkingforwater #wisdomspring #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesday #love #enviornment #earth #healourworld #activist #water #waterislife
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VIDEO FROM TWO NEW WELLS
We have video of two of our newer wells that were placed in Southern India for two villages whose community is part of the untouchable caste. These wonderful communities are vital and we trust these new wells will be with them for a long time.
We are deeply grateful for our ongoing partnership with the Phen-Dey Foundation. Our hope is for many more wells in the future.
MASKS, TSHIRTS AND WONDERFUL TEEN ARTWORK POSTCARDS
WFW TSHIRT
A great way to support the cause and the high school clubs on the East and West Coasts. Follow the link to order your shirt special!
WFW MONK BAG
These specially made bags are a great way to support Walking for Water and Wisdom Spring, while also having a sturdy bag for all your goods! Buy one today!