The Aurora University baseball and softball programs will partner once again on Saturday, February 11 for Wayside Cross Ministries and the Walk a mile in my shoes fundraiser. A vital part of the event is participants are asked to raise $50 or more to aid women and children, and at-risk youth. The Spartans have a goal of $750 with the hopes of raising well above the desired minimum.
The 2017 event will mark the ninth year for Wayside Cross Ministries with AU baseball having participated in all nine previous walks and the Spartan softball team joining in the last several years. In the 2016 walk, the AU program's combined to raise approximately $1,800.
- Wayside Cross Ministries Walk a Mile in my shoes website - click here
- To donate in support of the Spartan programs for the walk - click here
"It is a fantastic event to take part in, our student-athletes get a lot out of the event," said AU Head Coach
Adam Stevens. "I am very proud of our guys and partnering with the softball team to raise money and walk to help a great cause."
The Walk-A-Mile event is meant to benefit battered and homeless women and children in Aurora. Wayside Cross Ministries will host its ninth annual winter walk on Saturday, February 11, 2017, the only winter walk in
Chicagoland. The one mile walk is undertaken to help at-risk youth and the ministry's transitional living center for homeless women and children. Walk proceeds will benefit
Lifespring Center and Urban Youth Ministry of Wayside Cross Ministries. The walk begins at 9:00 a.m. from the John R.
Harkness Center at 60 West 4th Street in Aurora with registration taking place at 8:00 a.m.
The baseball and softball programs start the 2017 seasons in the coming weeks. AU baseball opens the 2017 season on Saturday, March 4 when they travel to Tucson, Arizona for the Tucson Invitational Games on the Spartans spring break. The Spartans take on Simpson College in a doubleheader with game one set for 3:00 p.m. first pitch at the Kino Sports Complex. AU softball opens the season at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Florida during spring break (March 5 to March 9, 2017). The Spartans will play Thomas More College and Muskingum University in a doubleheader beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 5.
