30 Miles Until She Sleeps

The Amazing Walk! that we hosted in September was a great success, and a huge amount of fun (check out our video here). But we’re not done with walks that are amazing—not even close.

We started to think about what we could do for the third annual Give to the Max Day, coming up on November 16. What could we do to raise awareness on that day? Someone threw out an idea: “What about having Melissa [Säjai's CEO/President] walk that day to illustrate the fight against childhood obesity?” It wasn’t too long before that idea grew: “What if Melissa walks from her house to the Mall of America?”

You know how when you brainstorm, no idea is allowed to be a bad idea? Good thing, because we might have crossed it off the list. But instead, the idea—pardon the pun—turned out to have legs, and it became the theme of our Give to the Max Day effort for Säjai.

So, on 11/16, Give to the Max Day, Melissa Hanson will be walking and hopefully biking and, crossing our fingers, riding in an escort van the 30 miles from her home in Maple Grove to the Mall of America, rain or shine, sleet or snow. We are relying on our Säjai donors to get her through the journey. Here’s how you can help:

• Every $500 raised, Melissa will get a 15 minute break to rest from her own Amazing Walk.
• Every $1,000 raised, Melissa will have a substitute walker for 1 mile while she rides in the van that will be following her throughout the day.
• Every $5,000 raised, Melissa will get a 5 mile bike ride.

Melissa’s trek across the Twin Cities will end at the Mall of America, where the Give to the Max Day team has set up camp.

It gets even better: the Säjai Foundation has received a generous commitment to match what we raise on Give to the Max Day up to $10,000.

When you think of your own healthy habits, your own commitment to being active, being outdoors, and what you hope for your own children, grandchildren and their children, we hope you will consider giving generously to prevent future generations from ever knowing the emotional or physiological impact of childhood obesity. Even if you cannot walk a day in Melissa’s shoes – 30 miles from Maple Grove to the Mall of America, you can sponsor her efforts to end childhood obesity and Give to the Max! Put your money where her shoes are!

To follow Melissa’s journey to Give to the Max Day, check out her Twitter page. You can also follow the Foundation’s Twitter page, or check us out over on Facebook. To receive email updates, fill out the contact form on our home page.

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