Wilderness Heals

Thank you for visiting the Wilderness Heals blog. Wilderness Heals is an all-women, three-day annual pledge hike that benefits the Elizabeth Stone House (ESH), a Boston-based emergency shelter, transitional housing program, and therapeutic community that provides services to women and children who are escaping violence and overcoming trauma. By encouraging hikers to set challenging physical, emotional, and financial goals, Wilderness Heals mirrors the experiences of hundreds of women who have sought help from the Stone House. Committing to hike is a way to grow personally while simultaneously standing in solidarity with women of the Stone House and women everywhere who are working to overcome the effects of violence in their lives.
Wilderness Heals 2011 will take place July 15-17, 2011. Registration materials may be downloaded here.
Go here to view the 2011 routes, and visit our Who's Who page to meet this year's team leaders and Recruitment Committee members.
Want to learn more? Visit our list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Still have questions? Contact Erika Whyte, Wilderness Heals event coordinator, at 781-726-0551 or ewhyte@elizabethstone.org.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

V-Day Tabling Help

With another Wilderness Heals Hike quickly approaching, we need your help in getting the word out about the Elizabeth Stone House and this year's Hike. We are looking for volunteers to staff tables for a few hours at area showings of the Vagina Monologues.

It only takes a few hours of your time, and you can watch the show for free. We need two people per event, and while we want former hikers at the tables, you are more than welcome to bring along a friend to help and hang out with you.

Interested, but not sure which dates to pick? We’ll need more help on 2/16 and 2/17, as both MIT and Northeastern University have named the Elizabeth Stone House as a beneficiary for their events!

Please look over the dates and times below and e-mail Monica at mchopra5@yahoo.com if you’re interested or if you have any questions.

**Some things to note are: 1) Monica will send out individual e-mails about the specificities of the event. 2) Plan on arriving 1/2 hour to 1 hour prior to the event.

**If you are available between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the week of February 12, Amherst High School is holding an Awareness Week and would like for us to participate in it. Please let me know if you are able to attend any of these hours during this week.

Dates/Times of Shows
2/8 West End Theater @ 7:30 p.m.
2/9 West End Theater @ 7:30 p.m.
2/10 West End Theater @ 7:30 p.m.
2/11 West End Theater @ 5 p.m.
2/12 College of the Holy Cross @ 8 p.m.
2/13 College of the Holy Cross @ 8 p.m.
2/15 MIT @ 8 p.m., Northeastern University @ 8 p.m., Amherst High School @ 7:30 p.m.

*2/16 Simmons College @ 8 p.m., MIT @ 8 p.m., Northeastern University @ 8 p.m., Mount Holyoke College @ 8 p.m. West End Theater @ 7:30 p.m., VDay Plymouth @ 8 p.m., Babson College @ 8 p.m.

*2/17 Simmons College @ 2 p.m., Mount Holyoke College @ 2 p.m., Simmons College @ 8 p.m., MIT @ 8 p.m., Amherst High School @ 7:30 p.m., West End Theater @ 7:30 p.m.

2/18 West End Theater @ 5 p.m., MIT @ 2 p.m., Amherst High School @ 7:30 p.m.
2/22 Greenfield Community College @ 7 p.m., Pine Manor College @ 7:30 p.m.

*2/23 Greenfield Community College @ 7 p.m., Pine Manor College @ 7:30 p.m., Germaine Lawrence (venue is in Cambridge ) @ 7:30 p.m., Boston University @ 7 p.m., Casa Myrna Vasquez @ 8 p.m.

2/24 Pine Manor College @ 7:30 p.m., Germaine Lawrence (venue is in Cambridge ) @ 7:30 p.m., Boston University @ 2 p.m., Boston University @ 8 p.m., Casa Myrna Vasquez @ 8 p.m.

3/1 Brandeis Univeristy @ 8 p.m.
3/2 Westfield State College @ 7 p.m., Brandeis University @ 8 p.m.
3/3 Westfield State College @ 7 p.m., Brandeis University @ 8 p.m.
3/7 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts @ 7:30 p.m.

Thanks in advance for all your help!
--Monica
WH07 - Recruitment Committee

1 comment:

Kathy said...

As a mother of one of the hikers, I would like to reassure parents or familiy members of the worth of this endevor.
I was worried when my daughter first informed me that she was going to participate in this very challenging hike over unfamiliar terrain. However, she went on the practice hikes, and the team leaders proved to be knowledgeable of both hikers and the mountains.
She has now hiked for two years. Wilderness heals is not only a valuable support to The
Elizabeth Stone House, I can testify to the growth, maturity and strength that she has developed as a "hiking boot" daughter who is seeing the world and discovering her self.