Days until we Walk for Life on January 25, 2025
The Eight Annual Walk for Life West Coast will be on January 21!

WALK FOR LIFE West Coast
New Location, Time and Route for Walk for Life 2012!
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:30 pm
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA(Polk Street across from City Hall)

Walk for Life West Coast is only 33 days away. The excitement is really growing as we anticipate even more participants and an impressive walk down Market Street! It will be spectacular! We can’t wait to see you with us.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Please help us spread the word to everyone you know – this year the Walk for Life will be held at Civic Center Plaza in front of City Hall (not Justin Herman Plaza as in the past seven years). The schedule of events are as follows:
Info. Faire – 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Rally – 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Walk (down Market Street) – 1:30 p.m.
There are no scheduled events after the Walk which will end at Justin Herman Plaza at the Embarcadero. The Walk from Civic Center Plaza to Justin Herman Plaza (end of Market Street) is approximately 1.8 miles.

OTHER EVENTS
There will be a Catholic Mass at 9:30 am at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. We are honored to have 13 Catholic Bishops join us for the Mass and Walk. It’s a short walk from the Cathedral to Civic Center Plaza.

The 25th Annual Interfaith Service for Life, sponsored by the San Francisco Archdiocesan Interfaith Committee for Life, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 20th at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco.

The Issues4Life Foundation will be hosting the 5th Annual Standing Up 4Life Walk in front of Oakland City Hall on Friday, January 20th at noon. Guest speakers include Abby Johnson, Rev. Clenard Childress, Lori Hoye and Dr. Vansen Wong.

For additional information about these and other events, please visit our website.

BUS REGISTRATIONS

We require that all buses be registered by January 12, 2012. This will greatly aid us in facilitating the movement of the buses as there are going to be 200+ buses registered from all over the West Coast.

INFO FAIRE
The Info Faire will be held prior to the Rally at Civic Center Plaza. This will give everyone the chance to visit the booths as they arrive at Civic Center Plaza. The Info Faire will be open from 11:00am – 1:30 p.m. For those who wish to participate as a vendor, please sign up using our registration form by January 5, 2012. Space is very limited, and will be on a first-come, first-served basis for the remainder of available spaces.

If you have a large 12 or 15 passenger van and would be willing to be part of the WFL Van Brigade that follows along behind everyone as we process down Market Street, we are looking for volunteer drivers. This is a very important service that is needed each year and is provided for those who are unable to walk the entire route due to medical conditions, being advanced in age, etc. Please contact us if you would like to volunteer your van at wflwc@live.com.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
It is recommended (and convenient) to use public transit at this new location at Civic Center Plaza:

BART has stations at Civic Center and at the end at Embarcadero.

CalTrain will drop off at Townsend and 4th. Take MUNI KT (4th and King), then off at Metro Civic Center.

Parking: There is ample parking under the Civic Center plus 2-hour street parking.

MEDIA COVERAGE
We are blessed that the crew from EWTN will once again be providing live film coverage of the Walk for Life Rally as well as pre-rally interviews. As a special bonus, they will also provide live streaming video which will be available through our website during the event.
Immaculate Heart Radio will also be broadcasting live from the event. Check their website for your local station.

EMAIL LIST AND FACEBOOK
We have a new Walk for Life West Coast Page on Facebook. Please “like” our new Page and ask your relatives and friends to join us there so that everyone can keep informed of all the important news and changes for this year’s event.

To keep up-to-date and receive all of the latest news, please sign up for our email blasts.

All of us at Walk for Life wish you a very blessed and merry Christmas!

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