Our Tentative Route

Well let me tell ya how its been lately….

WOW we are working really really hard to get the 2013 walk rolling and with all the national disasters,the election and whatnot its been like pulling teeth!!!

BUT you know me I wont give up and I will keep pounding pavements and knocking on doors and blowing up the phones & postal service until we get this thing DONE !!

LOL yes it takes “tenacity” to keep doing what we are doing but if I spent 30+yrs finding what I thought I “needed” to get high then I have the Hutzpa to see this to the end right?

We raised $690 with the Indiegogo Platform and that is enough to put down on an extra large cargo van or small box truck at a sales place down the road from us and the next step is to get donations of $100 a piece from centers and businesses across the country to have their center/business names on the van.If your interested call 954-825-6493 or email us at

sandra@intherooms.com

Keep Moving Forward !!

Sandra 

We have a “Little Dream” and we need a “Little Bus/RV” to do it in…
We can do together what we cannot do alone and that is Win the War on Addiction and Fight the Stigma surrounding Our Community…
In 2011 I walked 786 Miles from Ft.Laud to Philly doing this very thing and I had planned on another walk for 2012. But as life does life showed up and being a person in long term recovery I had to show up too…
And now, as things have fallen back into somewhat of an “order” I am re-energized and fighting harder to make my dream of a Coast 2 Coast, Sea 2 Shining Sea walk a reality for 2013.
Please help us bring our Dream into Reality…

This is the link to our Bus/RV Fund on Indiegogo..

http://www.indiegogo.com/p/215804

Here are some other links to the events we were a part of in 2011 and stay posted for the events we will be attending for this years National Recovery Month Celebrations!!

Donations of even a $1.00 gets your first name,last initial on our Tee Shirts and $100.00 or more gets your name/product/Etc on THE BUS!!

PS….Everyone that bought a necklace last year is also on the shirts!

Sandra Huffman

Box 233 Bally,PA 19503

954-825-6493
http://www.recoverymonth.gov/Resources-Catalog/2011/Webcast/11-Showcase-of-Events.aspx

http://recoverymonth.gov/Recovery-Month-Kit/Targeted-Outreach/Join-the-Voices-For-Recovery.aspx#sandrahuffman

Itherooms.com post of support on FB
https://www.facebook.com/intherooms/posts/226092964074138

Its all in the Journey
http://itj-gorski.blogspot.com/2010/11/sandras-walk-epic-journey-in-making-i.html

sun-sentinel.com/2011-06-11/news/fl-cn-sandra-0612-20110611_1_recovery-program-national-recovery-month-drug-abuse

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Sandra Huffman <sandra@intherooms.com> wrote:
http://www.thefix.com/content/national-recovery-month9099

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Sandra Huffman <sandra@intherooms.com> wrote:
Addiction Professionals Magazine
http://www.addictionpro.com/blogs/gary-enos/moving-walk-advocate

https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixHouse/posts/154539891298418

http://www.phoenixhouse.org/our-perspectives/guest-blogger-sandra-huffman-and-1300-miles-for-recovery/

May 6th 2011 on The Coast http://sandraswalk.org/2011/05/09/sandra-on-coast-97-3/

May 24th 2010 The Movement Within Radio Interview with April Claxton http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themovementwithin/2010/05/24/the-movement-within-radio

April 3rd 2011 Rockers In Recovery Radio Interview With John Hollis http://www.blogtalkradio.com/holisticlifestylesradio/2011/04/03/rockers-in-recovery–host-john-hollis-1

May 6th 2011 on The Coast http://sandraswalk.org/2011/05/09/sandra-on-coast-97-3/

 Addicted to Addicts: Survival 101 – Sandra’s Walk for Recovery

Article in “The Fix” http://www.thefix.com/content/fill-it?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4ddb94ed033e7810%2C0#slide4

Love In The Rooms Note http://loveintherooms.com/tag/sandraswalk-org/

June 12Th Sun Sentinel   http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/cooper-city/fl-cn-sandra-0612-20110611,0,4495437.story

Addiction Professional Magazine

September 21, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
https://docs.google.com/a/intherooms.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3Ap7Mg0jkYIYoJ%3Awww.parecovery.org%2Fadvisory_materials%2Fseptember_2011_handouts%2FJoint_Recovery_Events.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiy_LYXOftqTWMxZ3q8fUmzUP9nsBq-WvxNe3mSl65zKFvLXjGO8U_Aqplxn3WEopUFWoF6b-LtYakJopGDP86aXlsRMfiSbJabxKgC9U0a0bk_8kOTfw3653qfiSQpw8NmjKvx&sig=AHIEtbQ77vfGgIvqIpCvah0Poo6WZ8ul2g&pli=1
The Movement Within’s Video of Sandraswalk.org Rock & Roll Fundraiser
May 14th 2011
Sowing a trail of mustard seeds to cultivate messages of hope, healing, and recovery to victims of Addiction, Abuse and Homelessness. “Sandra’s Walk” will begin on June 6, 2011 on the Fort Lauderdale beach. I plan to arrive in Washington, D.C. by September 2011 to participate in DC-based Recovery Month activities as well as PRO-ACT’s Recovery Walks in Royersford & Philadelphia plus surrounding areas during the entire month. Hats off to Sandra Huffman for keeping hope and life alive! The Movement Within loves and supports you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWPPvFRLzn8

Sept,28th,2011 Addiction Professionals Blog
By the numbers, Sandra Huffman’s June-to-September walk from South Florida up the East Coast amounted to 786 miles, more than 1,000 unforgettable people met, and 500 business cards amassed. Yet the value of the experience clearly was beyond measure.
http://www.addictionpro.com/blogs/gary-enos/moving-walk-advocate

Channel 2 News Charleston

Sandra Huffman is walking 1300 hundred miles to raise awareness about drug addiction and homelessness

http://video.counton2.com/v/43805539/sandra-huffman-is-walking-1300-hundred-miles-to-raise-awareness-about-drug-addiction-and-homelessnes.htm?q=sandra+Huffman

April 3, 2011 at 7 PM EST on Rockers In Recovery we will be interviewing Sandra Huffman on WWNN AM 1470 and her walk for recovery scheduled to start in June 2011. Sandra will tell us how this vision began and how she is working to save lives along the way from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington DC.
http://www.holisticlifestylesradio.com/2011/04/03/walk-for-recovery-2/

May 21, 2011 in Miami, FL, The Movement Within presented the Explore Gratitude Workshop. It was a day filled with inspirational speakers who revealed their personal stories only to do one thing: lift humanity, one heart at a time. Sandra Huffman was one of these speakers. On June 6, 2011 Sandra will be walking from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Washington to celebrate National Recovery Month. Sandra founded www.SandrasWalk.org to help spread the word and support of recovery. Her story is one that will touch any heart and inspire any human being.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZ4mW9Gi8E

This year, to celebrate National Recovery Month and her own fifth year in recovery, Sandra Huffman is walking 1,300 miles from Fort Lauderdale to Washington, D.C. Here, we talked with Sandra about her struggle with addiction and how she was inspired to move forward…Phoenix House
http://www.phoenixhouse.org/our-perspectives/guest-blogger-sandra-huffman-and-1300-miles-for-recovery/

  We are in the

process of making

1000 + Necklaces

to GIVE AWAY to

those in need of

HOPE during

September with a

BUNCH set aside to give away in Philly for

our walk but also sending a load to DETROIT

for them to give away at the National Rally

for Recovery and other Rally’s around the

country also!!! You can  support us by getting

one on ETSY or make straight donations with

NECKLACE in the notation on the

sandraswalk.org website!! Whoo Hoo I am

Soooooooo EXCITED!!! Please share this

link!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/80916642/mustard-seed-necklaces-of-hope

Well my good friend Laurie and I went to Seattle and let me tell ya SEATTLE ROCKS!!!
Laurie drove from Connecticut to JFK and I drove from Pennsylvania to meet up with her and after a minor “glitch” we boarded a plane west!!!

The whole point of the trip was to FINALLY meet VIII DAYS CLEAN in person, see them play live and lay the ground work of a new walk next year from West to East and connect with Marin McCauley & Ron Walvatne and Sherie Szubski to start some plans for a new non-profit organization that will raise funds for Intervention Services not covered by insurance companies..
Loving this idea that we..as in us, the recovering community can reach out to the families of those still out there sick and suffering.. In the end the hope is to provide a service to intervene on behalf of families that are desperate to get through to their loved ones but lack resources to higher professional interventionists.Now that is something I am 100% behind and will walk a million miles to make a reality….

The folks we met were all really true genuinely good souls Theresa.S,Robert.S & Tane, Amber, Christina.O, Meranda.R just to name a few and what a pleasure the entire trip was!! The concert that VIII puts on every year coincides with the NA Clean & Free by the Sea Convention and is held in Ocean Shores WA where the beaches go on for miles and miles and the scenery is breathtaking….

The first day the sun came out and it was absolutely warm and bright which I am told is pretty unusual for this time of year and the sun was glinting off the ocean and just really seemed to be a God moment to view..
Laurie and I stayed with some of the band & crew in an awesome cabin that was nestled on a hillside right on the beach and did what we could to help out in the kitchen and be of some sort of service..
Thursday our day was filled with the set up for the concert and a really nice fish & chip dinner and the second day dawned to the opening of Clam Season!! I woke up at 5am as usual to be greeted to about 50 clammers lanterns dotting the shoreline in the predawn hours so I grabbed some coffee and headed down to the waters edge and had the best private conversation with God that I have had in a long while…
The entire trip was a true gift of sobriety and was truly needed to get my head centered back on what it is that fuels my spirit today…Recovery and all the Beautiful Souls inside and outside the walls…
We are planning another trip out this summer and really busy trying to decide on which cities we will be walking in next year.. As of right now the plan is to leave Seattle in March 2013 and walk 50 miles in 50 cities across America spreading our Mustard Seeds of Hope and the Awareness of September which is National Recovery Month. Thank You All for Your Continued Support because as you know We CAN do Together what WE cannot do Alone…
Peace from PA Peeps..
We have only Just Begun….
Simply_Sandra….

Info & Tickets CLICK THE PHOTO!!!

5th Annual VIII DAYS CLEAN by the sea
GONNA BE ROCKIN & ROLLIN IN SEATTLE!!!
Sooooooo YO PEEPS !! Yes you read right!!! My Freaking Awesome Friend Laurie has decided that in honor of my 45th Birthday her and I are headed to Seattle on March 7th to hang out with VIII Days Clean and MAN-O-MAN are we gonna JAM !! Whoooooo Hoooooooooo!!!
So here is the Dealy-Yo !!!
If your planning to attend the  NA Clean and Free by The Sea in Ocean Shores WA State get yer BUTT a TICKET for the Annual VIII Days Clean Concert and JOIN US!!!
But if ya can’t make it visit me on INTHEROOMS.COM or on  Facebook for the ZILLION Photos and Videos I am sooooooo Sure will be taken!! I am So FREAKING STOKED!!! 

You may now return to your regularly scheduled programing… LOL !!
Peace Peeps!!!

Please click photo to visit LauraC's Website...

The Gift that is Brokenness…

Hey Ladies & Gents How ya Doing??
Sooo it’s been 5 very long months since we finished the sandraswalk.org 1300 Mile Journey up the East Coast of the US. We went from Fort Lauderdale to Washington DC to Philly walking 786 Miles out of the 1300 we planned before our funds ran out….
These last few months have been spent trying to get our legs back under us and settled here in PA. The whole point of the last walk was that is 1981 I ran away from here and after almost 35 yrs of trauma,addiction and others hazards of street life I walked home..
We spread a message of Life Recovery as well as promoted many agencies, non profit organizations and National Recovery Month.. WHEW !!! And we did it all with a Mustard Seed of Hope…
So now..after trying to get the travel bug outta my system I have to face it.. Walking and Talking and reaching out is just what sets my Heart and Blood on fire…Period…
But this time we will not be going to leave without proper funding and sponsorships..
This is where I ask you to step up and step to it…
What I really want to do is Walk from The West Coast to the East Coast doing exactly what we did last year only better.. I believe that with all the 1000′s of contacts we made last year this next walk could reach Millions…
This is my life..This is who I am..This is what I want to do…And I can’t change it for anyone…
Unfortunately we cannot just go out and walk anywhere we please, we must walk in areas where we have support systems in place..The more we can find in clusters across the US will determine our route this time..
I am asking you all..The Faithful Supporters that did so..oh so much to help us last year to join us once again..
Please, if you would like to become a part of this adventure in any small way or have contacts you think might be interested in helping us we sure do need all the input,and yes funds and material donations we can lay our hands on….
We are in serious need of marketing help and also with our Mustard Seed Necklaces of Hope…
Contact us asap with your suggestions 954-825-6493 sandra@intherooms.com

Stay Tuned Peeps we are launching our 2012 Event in the next few weeks and will be updating the site with a TON of NEW and EXCITING things we have in the works!!!! Thank for joining our Team!!
Love & Huggs !!
Sandra!!

To Donate any Amount and get a TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT Please use the PAYPAL DONATE TAB TO THE RIGHT

TO GET A MUSTARD SEED NECKLACE CLICK THIS LINK TO OUR ETSY PAGE !!
Now On ETSY http://www.etsy.com/listing/80916642/mustard-seed-necklaces-of-hope Or you can just Call me 954-825-6493

These are the Mustard Seed Necklaces we started to make by hand to support our 1300 mile walk from Fort Lauderdale To Washington DC and then on to Philadelphia to Celebrate National Recovery Month over the summer of 2011.. We are excited to announce we are planing to walk from the East Coast to the West Coast in the summer of 2012 !! This time the funds raised will go into our “Roving Resource RV” Fund. I am planning to go Coast 2 Coast for next years Recovery Month Celebrations..Whew! And once again will use the proceeds from the necklaces to help fund our Journey!! Also once again we will be giving away a necklace IN YOUR NAME to someone in one of the centers we visit along the way in need of Hope & Healing.. Cool Right?? They Have 2 Pewter Inspirational Charms along with a Glass Vial with the Mustard Seeds on a Black Leather Cord with a clasp that is easy to adjust to a length that fits you best. The card attached says.. “One Step, One Mile, One Day at A Time” and our contact info Your $20.00 Donation includes shipping charges and also covers the one we give away in your name…

Well we had a BLAST at this years PumpkinFest 2011 in Doylestown PA !! It is put on each year by the The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. 1000′s of people attended and it is THE largest alcohol free event in the area how is that for awesome !! I will post the pics in a few days !!
We gave out approx 60lbs of Resource Info to folks that ACTUALLY picked it up and asked questions..,We also talked to 100′s of people about the really FUN & COOL stuff we do in our Recovery Communities Today and also talked to a lot of people with loved ones still out there…
Next week is NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK what events have you heard of or you yourself are involved in around your town? Let us know what’s up !!! Email us at sandra@intherooms.com so we can help promote your events !!

Click Here To View 2011 Pics on FB

Greetings from Boyertown PA !,

We are digging in here for most of the winter so please pray for these Floridians not to freeze to death !!

Well was THAT not Amazing Summer of Recovery??
When we first started out it seemed an almost insurmountable task did it not? Then as the summer rolled by with its tornado’s, hurricanes, earthquakes and Biblical rain fall the odds seemed even slimmer of success.. Guess we fooled Mother Nature and made it against all odds to Philadelphia! The Rally 4 Recovery here on September 24th was the largest I have ever seen with 15,000 people!! My face is still sore 4 days later from smiling !!

While we made 786 miles of the 1300 on foot we would not trade even one small moment of the total experience that was the Summer of Recovery 2011..

These last few months have shown me that no matter what had occurred in my past the future is wide open and Recovery,, I pray will always have a huge part of it.
I am writting you today first to say Thank You for your part in making sandraswalk.org inaugural 2011 walk a big success !
We say “Inaugural” because on Monday Ron Tannenbaum from intherooms.com informed us that they will continue to sponsor us with their 501 (c) (3) at least until the end of the year if not longer so we can raise the funds to file for our own non profit status and obtain an RV or Travel Trailer so we can hit the road again in January 2011.
Our new goal is to walk the streets, highways and byways for an entire 9 months doing exactly what we did these last 4 months, Raising awareness about addiction and recovery issues, fighting the “Stigma” and getting the word out about National Recovery Month in the process and yes giving away lots of “Freebies”.. Starting in January 2012 in the Southern US heading towards the west coast and moving North and East in the Spring and ending up once again at another Rally for Recovery in September 2012

Somehow, someway it seems sandraswalk.org inspired and encouraged approx 9,000 + followers online and in face to face contacts.. They, all the faces & voices have bolstered our determination and reenforced the fact that people can and will talk about the issues and also act upon them in their own community when presented with a vision..
I plan of fostering and nurturing all of those visions and keep planting the “Mustard Seeds of Hope & Recovery”  far and wide and with every breath I take..
This is where I ask you to come into play.. Since intherooms.com is going to support us with their non profit umbrella we need to make good use of this time and do some heavy fundraising over the next 3 months.

We have as of right now approx 1000 lbs of recovery,addiction,mental health resource and social media info to distribute and also have plans to add at least another 1000 lbs or more to it by Jan 2012. It seems we need to raise approx $5,000 for the used RV and $1,500 for the Non Profit process..
We appeal to you not only as an agency professional level but also a personal one.. We ask that if and where possable to share among your fellow office workers, friends and family  the http://sandraswalk.org/ website and encourage donations of even $5.00 or more..
Please feel free to share our contact info and we welcome phone inquiries any day of the week
Together we can do what we cannot do alone and would like to thank you in advance for your continued support..
Sincerely with Much Respect and Gratitude..
Sandra Huffman
Chief Pavement Pounder..
Sandraswalk.org
954-825-6493


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