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On March 12, Educate Lawrence hosted a rally in support of public education and our walkers. Thank you to our friends at Educate Lawrence for hosting a great rally supporting public education! You had a great turnout, even in the rain! Thank you to Norine Spears for organizing the event. Thank you to speakers Rep. Barbara Ballard, Rep. Barbara Bollier, walkers Jeffrey Sykes and Heather Ousley, Lawrence School Board President Vanessa Sanborn, Garrett Swisher, Rowan Plinsky, and Laurie Folsom. Thank you Educate Lawrence, Jimmy Johns and Yello Subs for feeding our walkers, and Amy Schmidt-Cowardin for the awesome Game On...

The walk from Manhattan had a Day 2 Sendoff from Wamego. Thank you to Adrienne Olejnik and Alan LaPolice for speaking at the event!...

We cannot thank the Eudora community enough for the rally and warm welcome they gave us at the beginning of Day 2 for our Kansas City/Merriam walkers! If you know any of these wonderful people, or even if you don’t, give them a shout out! From Eudora walker Becky Schmidt Plate, “A huge thanks to Eudora Elementary School, Eudora district staff, Cami’s Cakes in Eudora, Steve Splichal, the Eudora High School Cardinal Regiment band members, Kristin Hermes Magette, Christine Yoder, Shanda Parker Hurla, the Eudora Police Department, the super supportive community of Eudora and anyone else who I...