When: Friday October 22-Sunday, October 24, 2021 - October 22 is also International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)
What: A Virtual 1K/5K Walk, Run & Roll for Stuttering Awareness
Where: Anywhere! Wherever you are! Around your neighbourhood, work location, backyard, down the street or around the block. You can either do your 1K/5K Walk, Run & Roll full distance at once or break it into smaller increments.
How: Register as an individual, family or a virtual team – start your fundraising effort! Please post your pictures/videos on the SSI facebook page or tag us on Instagram...
Why: Because stuttering is not something that receives a lot of attention and is poorly understood by so many.
This year's event is in memory of Dr. Robert (Bob) Kroll who dedicated his professional career to helping those who stutter. You can read about Bob's life and impact here.
While this event does not have a registration fee, we do ask that participants fundraise and/or make a donation. Whether or not you choose to participate in this event, you can support SSI by raising money through collecting of donations. To ensure that Bob's legacy, spirit and memory lives on through the values and work of SSI, proceeds from this event will be directed to the Bob Kroll Subsidy Fund. This fund will continue to provide assistance for clients in need in his name.
'Because you stutter Just Imagine'…
... being at a job interview, meeting new people for the first time and trying to introduce oneself, or answering the telephone and trying to speak but the words just won’t come out .....
...being unable to understand your child's speech when they are talking to you, or watching your child deal with bullying in school because the words just won’t come out.
This is a daily experience for people who stutter.
