I'll share a really quick story.
We've been doing our walk since 2007. We're not funded. We do it all ourselves. That's what makes it a beautiful thing. But a couple of years ago it was becoming very stressful trying to juggle family life and work and trying to organize this walk. We almost gave up. We almost said we couldn't do it because it was just too much. There were a lot of heavy things involved. People have loved ones who are still missing, and daughters murdered.
Anyway, one of our volunteers who's volunteered with us since 2007 shared with me that up until we started doing our walks in the community, she didn't feel that she had the trust to take part in something like this. When she heard that we were grassroots, she decided to volunteer. She actually hadn't dealt with the murder of her mother since her mother died when she was 10 years old. This gave her a chance to start her healing process, and she's in her forties. She's been to the federal women's institution; she's been through hell and back. The fact that we somehow played a part to help her in her healing process speaks volumes to how we try to help the community with their healing.