Can you believe it? We’ve been walking together for 55 days! I know we can start to get weary at this point – but I also know that since we are ASers (both literally & in spirit) and because of our life experience of living with challenges day in and day out – that we can make […]
Category Archives: Take Action For Awareness
by Sabrina Diane Throughout this walk I’ve pushed myself out of my comfort zone to spread awareness and gather steps on a whole new level. AKA Harassing friends and family and now even strangers to join in and help us. The funny thing is with as awkward as I felt about asking these people they […]
Wednesday Walker Spotlight – Jenna by Chris Scott Hello Walkers!! Once again you folks have amazed us. The numbers that are coming in are OUTSTANDING!! We set a very lofty goal this year for Walk Your AS Off. and we are looking better each week.. Congratulations to each and every one of you!! Keep it up! […]
Jennifer, the team captain of Going The Distance, contacted me yesterday to share with me some ideas she and her fellow team mates had about getting together to do some team walks. I loved her enthusiasm and excitement so I asked her to write a few paragraphs about her ideas and how they came about. […]
Tiara’s Tuesday Talk – by Sara Sheibley Everyone compares. It’s the whole keeping up with the Joneses thing. “Hey look! The Joneses got a flower bed. I need a flower bed.” “The Joneses bought a new car. I need a new car.” Wow… Jenna (Yes I am picking this wonderful woman) had 16,521 steps yesterday. […]
Hi! I’m Abbe and I live in a VERY small town in Southeastern Iowa. I grew up here and I pretty much love it. It’s one of those nice little places where you find out from your neighbors and friends what you’ve been up to. 😉 Typically around here, and in my family, it’s “stay […]
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. – Franz Kafka I’ve been thinking a lot about our walk & how we can share what we are doing with the world & in the process raise awareness of spondylitis. I need […]
We’re Kickin’ It For Kynna & Steppin’ For Susie! Both Kynna & Susie have juvenile Ankylosing Spondylitis and we are walking for them and for the hope for a cure for everyone with this family of diseases. Please share their coloring pages with your kids – they want so much to support us and this […]
We’ve asked the community of AS Bloggers to write & submit a blog post for our Blog Carnivals happening periodically over the span of our walk. This week we are sharing posts submitted about: Awareness, the good, the bad, and the ugly! Leading the way is Ricky of Endless Trax who wrote a very compelling […]
We are beyond excited to announce our partnership with the Arthritis National Research Foundation. ANRF is working with us on funding an Ankylosing Spondylitis specific research grant! This is a Mission Awareness equal to none and a concrete way to take action to raise money to support research for a cure. Once it is […]