Join the Lauren’s Kids foundation and thousands of walkers across the state for the 2024 Walk in My Shoes 1,500-mile trek across Florida – beginning in Key West and ending in Panama City. Whether you’re able to walk for a block, a mile, or more, every step counts in the fight to prevent child sexual abuse and help survivors heal.
#WhyWeWalk: Together, we’re walking during the month of April – National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month – to raise awareness, educate communities, and empower survivors.
From 2010 through 2018, Lauren’s Kids Founder and CEO Lauren Book took to Florida’s highways and byways – literally walking across the state of Florida to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. Lauren’s “Walk in My Shoes” started as her own healing journey, walking from the home in which she was abused more than 500 miles to the steps of the Historic Florida Capitol, and as a way to get people to pay attention to an issue too often confined to the shadows. Her walk grew to include tens of thousands of participants and span 1,500 miles from Key West up Florida’s east coast, traversing over to the West, and ending again in Tallahassee to advocate for legislative and societal change. Over the course of the Walk in My Shoes, Lauren logged more than 10,500 miles in the name of child protection, public awareness, and to let fellow survivors know that it’s OK to tell – and it’s OK to heal.
8:30 AM
3401 N 12th Ave, Pensacola, FL 32503
We’ll start registration at Gulf Coast Kid’s House at 8:30 am on Thursday, April 25, 2024, and begin walking at 9:00 am. We’ll walk 3.1 miles to T-Mobile where we’ll take a water break. Those feeling adventurous can continue on with us for even more miles.
9:00 AM
401 McEwen Dr, Niceville, FL 32578
We’ll start registration at Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center at 9:00 am on Friday, April 26, 2024, and begin walking at 9:30 am. We’ll walk 2.7 miles to The Boathouse Landing Restaurant where we’ll take a water break. Those feeling adventurous can continue on with us for even more miles.
9:30 AM
210 E 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401
We’ll start registration at Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center at 9:30 am on Saturday, April 27, 2024, and begin walking at 10:15 am. We’ll walk 2.9 miles to Macedonia Baptist Church where we’ll take a water break. Those who wish to finish the walk will continue walking back to Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center (another 1.6 miles) where we’ll have our final celebration! Please join us for a fun afterparty at Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center!
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