Country Music Memories: Jimmy Wayne Begins Meet Me Halfway Walk
Eleven years ago today, on Jan. 1, 2010, singer-songwriter Jimmy Wayne kicked off the new year by starting a 1,700-mile walk, called Meet Me Halfway, to raise awareness about youth aging out of the foster care system.Wayne first had the idea for the walk in December 2009, while enjoying the comforts of his warm home: "This guilty feeling came over me," he recalls. "Here I am, living life. I'm comfortable. I'd been on the Brad Paisley tour for a lot of the year, and I just didn't feel like I'd done anything to make...