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Walk a Mile in My Shoes Exceeds Goal

Erin Roberts with InterHab – which is the networking organization serving agencies like Futures—reports that we exceeded our initial goal of walking the circumference of the Earth (roughly 24,000 miles) and as of the morning of April 26, 201, we have walked/run more than 75,000 miles in support of individuals with disabilities!!

Here is Erin’s message:


Congratulations!

We’re pleased to announce that we have exceeded all expectations of the “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Walk Around the World”. Over the past several weeks we have received numerous reports from member organizations that have held “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Walk Around the World” events and the numbers are staggering! In addition to community events, we’ve had multiple track teams, schools, “Walk Kansas” participants and hundreds of marathon runners contribute miles to the campaign. As a result, we have not only met our goal of 24,902 miles (the circumference of the Earth) we’ve exceeded it!

As of this morning we have walked more than 75,000 miles – that means we’ve walked around the world more than 3 times!!!

We’re looking forward to celebrating this remarkable achievement tomorrow at the Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Walk Around the World Push Day rally. If you still have miles you would like to submit please do so by 3pm today. You can submit your miles at at www.invisiblekansans.com

Thank you for all your efforts!


Quick list:

All Archived Items:

  • The loss of a dear friend and advocate of our agency - Longtime board member and active supporter of Futures Unlimited, Inc. has passed away.
  • Senator Abrams visits Futures - OCTOBER 2009 - Futures hosts Senator for tour of programs and services.
  • Futures wins community’s Chili Cook-off - OCTOBER 2009 - After winning Futures chili cook-off as a "prelim" to the community cook-off - Wellington Supported Living's Rockabilly Bean Blend brought home the award.
  • Woman wins state-wide award for workplace achievement - OCTOBER 2009 - Marie Isenberg recently won InterHab’s Achievement in the Workplace award for her success and dedication to her job at McDonald’s which she has held for 17 years. Marie beat out many deserving nominees from across the state of Kansas to win her award.
  • Art in the park - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Early Head Start families enjoyed a unique creative opportunity recently.
  • Introducing the WALT card - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Riders now have the option to purchase a WALT card and get FREE rides!
  • Day Services tries out their green thumb - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Production workers grow a garden.
  • Cardinal Country Preschool celebrates town’s birthday - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Preschoolers rode in style in the Conway Springs Fall Fest parade.
  • ANCOR honors the late Senator Edward Kennedy - SEPTEMBER 2009 - Kennedy is the first recipient of the ANCOR Congressional Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Walkabout winners - AUGUST 2009 - Futures employees make impressive strides in annual stepping contest.
  • From the workshop: Two new projects for the MWC - SEPTEMBER 2009 - After an up and down summer - things are looking up for the workshop.
  • Visitors tour preschool - JULY 2009 - Futures plays host to group wanting to learn more about our program.
  • Individuals eager to work - JULY 2009 - Production workers want to keep busy.
  • Program families go to the zoo! - JUNE 2009 - Children's Services staff organize large-scale social/emotional event for families in services.
  • End-of-year preschool celebration - JUNE 2009 - Celebration brings families and their kiddos together.
  • Noodle what? - JUNE 2009 - The fourth annual Employee Appreciation BBQ in May provided a welcome break for staff to enjoy food and fellowship. Oh, and a rowdy game of noodle hockey.
  • Electrical panels create learning experience - JUNE 2009 - As we continue to gain new contracts to fill the void left by Firestart’rs, we have had a few opportunities to challenge our way of thinking and to stretch our abilities. One of those challenges has been the electrical panel that is now in full production.
  • Then & now: former Head Start student prepares for college - Futures is proud of a high school student who got his start in our Head Start program 15 years ago.
  • Life after FireStart’r sticks - April 2009 - March brought the end of the Firestart’rs for the people working in the Mathew Washington Center. So what is going on now?
  • We need your help! - Go to www.InvisibleKansans.com and show your support!
  • Matthew Washington Award - Mandy Thomson won this year's Matthew Washington Award.
  • The End of an Era - Futures sadly ends production of a long-time product.
  • Take it to Heart campaign announced - New health initiative urges employees to take their health seriously.
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