Our 39th annual WALK will look a little different this year. The stage and events will be held between two buildings on the north side of Oakman Boulevard, rather than on the street.
Also, in honor of our 45th anniversary, the WALK route was changed to 4.5 miles through the area north of our campus. The route will go east to Hamilton, north to Six Mile, west to Linwood, then south to campus. Click here to download the route map.
Moving the stage and booths to the parking lot just west of the Center for Advanced Technologies, 1400 Oakman Boulevard, will make the activities more cohesive and make it easier for participants to see the stage. This year, the emphasis will be on food and entertainment before the WALK program begins at 12:30 p.m. The WALK itself will start at 1 p.m. and activities will end as people return to the campus.
More activities are being planned right now. Keep checking back for details on the program and entertainment.
Here's how you can get involved:
To become a sponsor, please download the Sponsorship Package here.
To register for the WALK, please click here.
You can view videos of the 2012 WALK program and the crowd doing the Focus: HOPE Hustle here.
Here are the organizations and members of the WALK Steering Committee that are helping to plan the event:
ACCESS, Rachid Elabed
ARISE Detroit, Luther Keith
Birmingham Unitarian Church, Paul Vochan
Blue Babies, Saba Gebrai
Build On, Brooke Ahles
Care of Soul Companions All Faith Festival, Father Lawrence Ventline
Central Detroit Christian CDC, Lisa Johanon
Charles H. Wright Museum, Ted Canaday
Chrysler Corporation, Jody Pisching
Connect the Dots, Ed Boyd
Denso, Melissa Smith
Detroit Historical Society, Robert Bury
Detroit Media Partnership, Deb Scola
Detroit Police Community Service, Daran Carey
Ford Motor Company, Renee Hollis
General Motors, Noy Vultaggio
Glazer Elementary School, Eddie Thomas
Joy Prep Academy, Fran Gardulescu
Lutheran Child & Family Services, Karen Joseph
Marygrove College, Janice Machusak
Mercy High School. Judi Griggs-Dennis
Microsoft, Donna Bank-Hoglen
MUSE, Iman Taylor
Neighborhood Services Organization, Sarah Keenan
Oppenheimer, Gail Perry-Mason
Parkman Library, Sharon Vlahovich
Peace and Harmony Center, Keisha Brooks
Plymouth-Canton Civitans, Gary & Kathy Turnquist
Public Service Credit Union, Damika Clark
SER Metro, Lucia Seed
U of D Jesuit High School, Todd Wilson
University Liggett School, Peter Gaines
Walsh College, Jason Sweet
Whole Foods Market, Versandra Kennebrew
Focus: HOPE, Bill Wenzell