{"id":206102,"date":"2026-03-25T22:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T22:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:53:10","slug":"laurens-kids-will-stop-in-naples-on-annual-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206102\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren\u2019s Kids Will Stop in Naples on Annual Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-230219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Participants-of-Laurens-Kids-annual-Walk-in-My-Shoes-1500-mile-trek-across-Florida.-Photo-courtesy-o.jpeg\" alt=\"Participants of Lauren's Kids annual Walk in My Shoes 1,500-mile trek across Florida. Photo courtesy of Lauren's Kids\" width=\"696\" height=\"462\"  \/>Participants of Lauren\u2019s Kids annual Walk in My Shoes 1,500-mile trek across Florida. Photo courtesy of Lauren\u2019s Kids<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\">This April, in honor of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Lauren\u2019s Kids will embark on its eleventh annual Walk in My Shoes 1,500-mile trek across Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\">Beginning in Key West March 31 and concluding in Tallahassee May 1, Lauren\u2019s Kids founder and CEO and former Florida State Senator Lauren Book will lead the month-long journey, walking up to 25 miles each day. The walk will stop in Naples April 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\">This year, Lauren\u2019s Kids is launching The Voices Project, an oral storytelling initiative to amplify and preserve the voices of survivors. Throughout April, a mobile recording unit will capture anonymous audio recordings from survivors before daily walks. Those who wish to participate in-person can sign up at <a title=\"http:\/\/laurenskidswalk.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/laurenskidswalk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"937fe1dc-6856-4c8b-b8f7-94f7e278acbb\">laurenskidswalk.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\">Survivors everywhere are invited to submit audio recordings of up to five minutes by emailing voices@laurenskids.org. Recordings will become part of a growing digital archive focused on awareness, education, and survivor empowerment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container\">Community members can register to walk and to participate in The Voices Project at <a title=\"http:\/\/laurenskidswalk.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/laurenskidswalk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"1f631ea2-ede4-4c1f-9cbb-2e3e8028ede0\">LaurensKidsWalk.org<\/a>. Once the Walk begins, livestream updates and daily photos will be available on the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Participants of Lauren\u2019s Kids annual Walk in My Shoes 1,500-mile trek across Florida. Photo courtesy of Lauren\u2019s Kids&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-206102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}