November 6, 2014 Page 3 SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk Above: Students from Redondo show their support for children with special needs and education. Left: A sea of people crowded the streets of Manhattan Beach for the 6th annual SKECHERS Friendship Walk. Follow Us on Twitter @heraldpub The SKECHERS Foundation today announced that the 2014 SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk surpassed last year’s million-dollar donation goal, raising a record-breaking $1.1 million for children with special needs and education. Co-sponsored by Nickelodeon, the Walk was the largest to date, with more than 11,000 participants. This year’s event also marked the Breaks Donation Record launch of the SKECHERS Foundation’s scholarship program; at the Walk, SKECHERS president Michael Greenberg announced that they are planning to donate more than $250,000 to deserving students across the country in 2015. The SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk and sponsor Steel Sports also successfully teamed up for the event’s first-ever #P2PSteelSports Selfie Challenge, which pledged $5 donated to the Walk for each photo posted on social media with the #P2PSteelSports hashtag. The challenge raised an additional $25,000 for The Friendship Circle and education foundations this year. Now the largest event supporting children with special needs and education, the Friendship Walk has raised more than $4 million to support The Friendship Circle, an organization that assists children with special needs and their families through one-on-one peer mentoring and social recreational programming, as well as funding education foundations to retain vital academic programs, maintain smaller class sizes, improve libraries, and upgrade school technology. Find out more at www.gotfriends.org. All photos by Desert Rose Photography. • The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop to pose with their fans. Friends rally together in support of the SKECHERS Friendship Walk! Walkers stop to take a photo for the #P2Psteelsports Selfie Challenge. Participants at the 6th annual SKECHERS Friendship Walk are all smiles as they wait for the opening ceremony to start.
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