Walk With Sally Bowl-A-Thon Recap

The Eighth Annual Bowl-A-Thon, presented by Walk With Sally, rolled its way into Torrance and came out a big winner.

On Saturday, March 7, over 30 bowling teams took part in the event dressed in their favorite decade-inspired attire at PV Bowl in Torrance to support the organization and its programs.

Photo Credit: Dana Thompson

Approximately 250 attendees and participants and raised over $65,000 for Walk With Sally. Throughout the day, Vox DJs pumped up the crowd with a set list which began with music from the 50′s and ended with chart topping hits on the radio today. Other musical highlights included a kick line dance during Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” and a bowling team dance off which gave the winning team a trip to Lake Tahoe.

Photo Credit: Dana Thompson

Attendees were able to participate in a silent auction filled with hotel stays, sports memorabilia, weekend trips and much more.

Photo Credit: Dana Thompson

To help liven up the event was Dana Workman of Fox Sports and actresses Vanessa Branch from Pirates of the Caribbean and Stephanie Drake from Mad Men.

Photo Credit: Dana Thompson

Teams were challenged to raise money leading up to the event and the team that came out on top was “Papa Was A Bowling Stone” who raised $10,623 and was led by ‘Mentor of the Year’, Sharon Strauss.

For additional information, visit the website at http://www.walkwithsally.org/.

About Walk With Sally

Walk With Sally is a non-profit based in Los Angeles, CA and is committed to providing healing and comfort to children debilitated by the emotional experience of living with or losing a parent or sibling to cancer. This healing is facilitated through free of charge mentoring support programs and services that provide an emotionally safe environment for children to share their difficult experience with someone who has suffered the same.

Source: Press Release

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