Meet Me Halfway :: Jimmy Wayne :: News
June 2, 2010
The last place you would expect to see a country music singer would be walking along U.S. 60 in 90-degree heat. But for folks heading west toward Magdalena on Monday, May 31, the hiker they saw was no ordinary hiker.
June 2, 2010
Yes, that's a Friends' reference just in case you were wondering.
April 27, 2010
Country music star Jimmy Wayne knows what it's like to be homeless.
Wayne grew up in a variety of foster homes and occasionally found himself homeless as a teen. He was given a second chance at the age of 16 when a 70-year-old couple, Bea and Russell Costner, gave him a home and fresh start when he was only 16 years old. He has never forgotten the generosity of the couple.
Wayne grew up in a variety of foster homes and occasionally found himself homeless as a teen. He was given a second chance at the age of 16 when a 70-year-old couple, Bea and Russell Costner, gave him a home and fresh start when he was only 16 years old. He has never forgotten the generosity of the couple.
April 6, 2010
Roughly 150 supporters welcomed Jimmy Wayne to Amarillo this past Saturday (4/3) in celebration of his reaching the halfway point on his Meet Me Halfway walk for homeless teens.
April 5, 2010
Over the weekend, Jimmy Wayne reached the official halfway point of his Meet Me Halfway solo-walk across America to raise money and awareness for homeless teens. Saturday (April 3), the singer invited his loyal fans and followers to complete the last mile and a half of his walk into the heart of Amarillo, Texas, where they gathered at Hastings record store to celebrate the accomplishment. Fans had the chance to shake Jimmy's hand and congratulate him on the past three months while enjoying a hot dog lunch. They were then were treated to a two-song acoustic performance from Jimmy of 'Where You're Going' and his No. 1 hit, 'Do You Believe Me Now.'
April 4, 2010
When country singer Jimmy Wayne walked into Amarillo, TX today, he had been walking for 93 days and covered approximately 977 miles of terrain. He reached the halfway point of his walk halfway across America, which will end in Phoenix. His goal is to raise awareness of homeless teens in America.
April 3, 2010
• Country Artist Jimmy Wayne passes the halfway mark in a 1,700 cross-country trek for at risk- teens in fost care
• Wayne began his walk from Nashville to Phoenix on January 1
• He marked the milestone with supporters in Amarillo, Texas
• Wayne began his walk from Nashville to Phoenix on January 1
• He marked the milestone with supporters in Amarillo, Texas
April 1, 2010
When Valory Music Company artist Jimmy Wayne walks into Amarillo, TX this Saturday (4/3), he will reach the halfway point of his walk halfway across America after spending 93 days on the road and covering approximately 977 miles. He will end his walk in Phoenix, AZ, with a goal of raising His goal is raising awareness of America’s homeless teens.
March 31, 2010
This Saturday, April 3, Jimmy will be arriving in Amarillo, TX on his Meet Me Halfway Walk Across America. In celebration of this halfway milestone, Jimmy will be performing a special two song acoustic set at Hastings at noon.
March 23, 2010
Braving a spring snowstorm on Oklahoma’s prairie, Jimmy Wayne keeps his spirits up on his 1,600-mile Meet Me Halfway walk for homeless teens by counting his blessings ... and change.
March 21, 2010
Country musician Jimmy Wayne is raising awareness about homelessness and the foster - care system for teens by walking across six states. A product of today's foster-care system, Wayne has already walked 721 miles.
March 19, 2010
GIVING BACK: Drawing from experience, Jimmy Wayne takes steps from Tennessee to Arizona to raise awareness
With every step he takes, Jimmy Wayne is a man on a mission. For the past few months, the rising country star has traded his microphone and guitar for trekking poles and walking shoes as he has journeyed from Nashville, Tenn. He now is in Oklahoma
March 10, 2010
Jimmy Wayne is approaching Oklahoma City on his project Meet Me Halfway walk across America. And this week, the singer was reunited with Lt. Col. Jason Garkey who took a special leave of absence from duty to walk with the singer in January.
March 9, 2010
The Road: Giving loneliness a new meaning, Jimmy Wayne braved two days in the woods without a cell phone last week on his 1,600-mile Meet Me Halfway walk to Phoenix. "These deserted back roads go for miles and there's no one,"
March 2, 2010
Kings Mountain native and country music singer Jimmy Wayne had already walked more than 600 miles in one of the coldest and wettest winters in decades when asked last week to offer up some stories from the road. Rather than speak of the misery of being cold, wet and tired, Wayne talked about a woman he met in Caddo Gap, Ark.
February 27, 2010
Some people turn up the heat in their house, then grumble when the heating bill goes up. Jimmy Wayne turned up his thermostat and started a movement. Most country music fans know Wayne for such hits as "Stay Gone," "I Love You This Much," and "Do You Believe Me Now," but the artist has touched thousands of others with his charity work.
February 22, 2010
On a bitter cold New Year's Day, Jimmy Wayne left Monroe Harding, an advocacy organization for at-risk youths in Nashville, to kick off his project "Meet Me Halfway" - a solo walk halfway across American to HomeBase Youth Services in Phoenix, to raise money and awareness for teens who "age out" of the foster system. Sixteen days into his venture westward, Jimmy sat down with Country Weekly to discuss his journey thus far.
February 22, 2010
Jimmy Wayne has met a lot of fellow Good Samaritans along the roads on his 'Meet Me Halfway' walk to raise money and awareness for teen homelessness ... Unfortunately, he's also encountered a thief who's thrown a big roadblock on the trek.
February 17, 2010
Jimmy Wayne began his walk halfway across America on January 1, 2010, and last night at 7:12 pm CT, crossed the state line from Arkansas into Oklahoma. The Country star has logged 530 miles of the approximately 1700-mile walk for the initiative he named Meet Me Halfway.
February 8, 2010
By the time Jimmy Wayne gets to Phoenix, he'll be hurting--but definitely happy. That's because he'll have accomplished a remarkable feat, walking halfway across America from Nashville to the Arizona desert city to raise awarness of at-risk and homeless youth.
February 7, 2010
After a month of walking, Jimmy Wayne is nearing the Oklahoma border in his Meet Me Halfway campaign. The country singer, once a homeless teen, is walking from Nashville to Phoenix to raise money and awareness of homeless and at-risk youths and young adults. Knee pain, snow and ice storms have slowed his pace, but Wayne is determined to reach his destination: HomeBase Youth Services in Phoenix.
February 5, 2010
On Thursday (Feb. 4), Jimmy Wayne made his way through Hot Springs, Ark. on his project 'Meet Me Halfway' walk across the country to raise awareness for the plight of teens who age out of foster home care. Temperatures were barely above 30, and the cold rain was beating down on him all day, but Jimmy was one happy camper who couldn't stop smiling.
January 19, 2010
(Memphis-1/19/10) With three top ten hits under his belt, country artist Jimmy Wayne is well on his way to super stardom.
For the time being, though, the country crooner has traded in his guitar and microphone for a backpack and trekking poles and is walking halfway across the country to put the spotlight on a cause close to his heart.
For the time being, though, the country crooner has traded in his guitar and microphone for a backpack and trekking poles and is walking halfway across the country to put the spotlight on a cause close to his heart.
January 11, 2010
People who know Jimmy Wayne have watched him divide a fresh plate of food in a restaurant and box half of it in case he meets someone in the street who's hungry. He has hauled around extra clothes in his trunk for times he sees a homeless person who needs them, and he has given up his shoes to a barefooted man and driven home in socks.
January 11, 2010
This morning marked the first video blog from Jimmy Wayne as he continues his 'Meet Me Halfway' walk across the country to raise awareness of teens left homeless by aging out of the foster-home system. Standing in his Marmot Sportswear hiking gear, his sleeping bag, tent and backpack strapped to his back, Jimmy thanked everyone for their support, including his family for "not trying to talk me out of it."
January 11, 2010
After a week in which Tennessee wind chills dipped frequently into the single digits, Jimmy Wayne is alive and well and in surprisingly good spirits. Jimmy took off from Nashville on New Year’s Day on his Meet Me Halfway walk to Phoenix, a challenging effort in which he’ll battle fatigue and the elements as he raises awareness of homeless teens in America.
January 10, 2010
Country singer Jimmy Wayne gave his Merrell shoes a rest Saturday after logging more than 100 miles on his Meet Me Halfway walk to raise awareness for homeless youth.
Wayne, 37, left Nashville on Jan. 1 and has made it to Cedar Grove. He plans to walk to Phoenix and thinks it will take him at least two months.
Wayne, 37, left Nashville on Jan. 1 and has made it to Cedar Grove. He plans to walk to Phoenix and thinks it will take him at least two months.
January 8, 2010
Jimmy Wayne will conduct his first live web broadcast from the road during his 1660-mile walk for the homeless on Monday January 11th at 9:00 am CT.
January 5, 2010
As of Monday morning, Jimmy Wayne had walked more than 50 miles from his starting point in Nashville to the west side of Dickson on Highway 70. Wayne started his walk on New Year's Day, leaving from Monroe Harding, a Nashville facility for foster children and at risk youth, with plans of trekking to Phoenix, Ariz. in an effort to raise awareness about the homeless and at-risk teen population.
January 5, 2010
Jimmy Wayne continues his 'Meet Me Halfway' trek, in spite of temperatures dipping into the single digits and snow flurries floating around him. He began his nearly 1700-mile journey to Phoenix, Ariz. on New Year's Day in Nashville and has gone nearly 60 miles west of Nashville, sleeping outdoors at night and walking during the day.
January 5, 2010
Country star Jimmy Wayne is hitting the road, but not for a tour. The musician has initiated what he calls the Meet Me Halfway campaign, a walk from Nashville to Phoenix to raise awareness about homeless and at-risk youth.
January 4, 2010
Speaking of country star Jimmy Wayne’s recently kicked-off walk to Arizona: The singer's record label, Valory Music, has come to his support in his Meet Me Halfway campaign, which he hopes will bring awareness to issues surrounding the homeless and at-risk youths.
January 2, 2010
The coldest day of the new year is making a bigger challenge for country music singer Jimmy Wayne, as he walks across America on a mission. Bundled up, checking his thermometer, we caught up with him after a sip of hot chocolate.
