{"id":13107,"date":"2019-02-15T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=13107"},"modified":"2019-02-15T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:04:54","slug":"time-to-break-out-the-red-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=13107","title":{"rendered":"Time to Break Out the Red Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>by Noella Noelophile\u00ae<a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=13108\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13108\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/heart-e1550264942752.jpg\" alt=\"Walkers in red shoes on Long bBeach street, passing a red iron heart sculpture \" width=\"506\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>My red shoes are ready and waiting.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow at noon, they&#8217;ll get their annual workout&#8211;and you&#8217;re invited.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because tomorrow, Saturday, February 16th, is Community Action Team&#8217;s ninth annual &#8220;Red High Heels Walk&#8221;, for heart health!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=10898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10898\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pix-of-red-shoes_edited-4.jpg\" alt=\"Justin photographs walker's red shoes on Second Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pix-of-red-shoes_edited-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pix-of-red-shoes_edited-4-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pix-of-red-shoes_edited-4-335x300.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Every February, nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinrudd.com\/cat.html\">Community Action Team<\/a> and its founder, Long Beach &#8220;Chief Inspiration Officer&#8221; Justin Rudd (shown photographing the red heels, left!) sponsor this event.\u00a0 Men, women and youth are welcome&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=13109\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13109\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/poodle-e1550265446786.jpg\" alt=\"White poodle in her owner's arms, with pink fluffy &quot;shoes&quot; and a pink bow in her hair\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>,,,And so are canines, when escorted by their favorite human.<\/p>\n<p>Check-in for the free, one-mile walk starts at 11:30 at Livingston Park, 220 Park Drive near Livingston, in Long Beach&#8217;s Belmont Shore area.\u00a0 Participants are asked to wear any red shoes (flats are OK!).\u00a0 You&#8217;re asked to be there by 11:45, as Justin will want to take a group picture.<\/p>\n<p>(And he may very well be wearing some red shoes that will leave you in awe!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=7023\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7023\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/red-pumps2-e1550265926915.jpg\" alt=\"tall red strap shoes on a stand\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One year, he sported these&#8211;with nary an &#8220;ouch&#8221; at the end of the walk!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=10884\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10884\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10884\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NSALBCCbest1.jpg\" alt=\"Student nurses from LBCC pose for a picture in Livingston Park\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NSALBCCbest1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NSALBCCbest1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NSALBCCbest1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AND&#8211;if you have a group of 20 or more walkers, you have the opportunity to raise funds for your charity, school, organization or team!\u00a0 Community Action Team will donate $5 for each participant, walking with you, who completes the one-mile course.<\/p>\n<p>BUT&#8211;the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n<p>Your group must be pre-registered by 8:00, PST, tonight&#8211;no exceptions&#8211;and must follow the additional requirements on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2019-red-high-heels-walk-for-heart-health-month-justinruddcomwalk-registration-55089818129\">registration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, at noon. off we go!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=7043\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7043\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7043\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/playful-e1550266806598.jpg\" alt=\"Woman's red high heels as she takes a playful step kick forward behind a baby carriage\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=10761\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10761\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/onto-the-red-carpet.jpg\" alt=\"Walkers stepping onto the &quot;red carpet&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/onto-the-red-carpet.jpg 600w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/onto-the-red-carpet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/onto-the-red-carpet-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group crosses the &#8220;red carpet&#8221;, heads up one side of Second Street and down the other,<\/p>\n<p>Participants are encouraged to wear Valentine red (though it&#8217;s not required!) and create posters, with messages of heart-health awareness, to carry during the walk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=7049\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7049\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/walking-down-Second-e1550267453369.jpg\" alt=\"Walkers in red shoes go down Second Street\" width=\"620\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s both great exercise, and a lot of fun with the local community.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a timely reminder, for &#8220;Heart Health Month&#8221;, that we want everybody around for a long time.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=7033\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7033\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7033\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crossing-the-street1-e1550267779199.jpg\" alt=\"walkers on Second Street in their red shoes\" width=\"600\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a>Happy Valentine&#8217;s weekend!\u00a0 And if you&#8217;re in the Southern California area, you are &#8220;heartily&#8221; invited to come celebrate with us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?attachment_id=10812\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10812\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HEART21.jpg\" alt=\"walkers framed in a giant red heart sculpture on Second Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HEART21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HEART21-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HEART21-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Nonprofit Community Action Team&#8217;s ninth annual &#8220;Red High Heels Walk&#8221; happens tomorrow, Saturday, February 16th, on Second Street in Long Beach&#8217;s Belmont Shore area.\u00a0 Check-in is at 11:30 am at Livingston Park, located at 220 Park Avenue at Livingston Drive.\u00a0 Participation is free.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2019-red-high-heels-walk-for-heart-health-month-justinruddcomwalk-registration-55089818129\">link for pre-registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Noella Noelophile\u00ae My red shoes are ready and waiting. Tomorrow at noon, they&#8217;ll get their annual workout&#8211;and you&#8217;re invited. That&#8217;s because tomorrow, Saturday, February 16th, is Community Action Team&#8217;s ninth annual &#8220;Red High Heels Walk&#8221;, for heart health! 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