{"id":46759,"date":"2017-09-21T15:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46759"},"modified":"2017-09-21T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T19:59:24","slug":"brock-teammates-needed-for-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/brock-teammates-needed-for-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock teammates needed for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time to pick out a pair of pumps and strut your stuff for a worthy cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock is looking for participants to join its team for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The Men&#8217;s March to End Violence Against Women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University annually puts together a team for the fundraiser in support of Gillian\u2019s Place, an organization that provides shelter and assistance to women and children breaking the cycle of violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event, taking place Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Pen Centre in St. Catharines, has walkers strapping on heels \u2014 or other types of women\u2019s shoes \u2014 to march together in solidarity while raising awareness and money for the women\u2019s shelter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Brock Blisters, as they\u2019ve been dubbed, are searching for new teammates to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration can be completed through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gilliansplace.akaraisin.com\/Common\/Event\/Home.aspx?seid=14593&amp;mid=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walk a Mile website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To join the University team, simply search for the Brock Blisters during registration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-site registration on the day of the event begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the walk at 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on the team or assistance with registration, e-mail Brock\u2019s team captain Kevin Lawr at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:klawr@brocku.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">klawr@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to pick out a pair of pumps and strut your stuff for a worthy cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":46760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[5807,1261,1292],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}