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    I was not sure whether I should enter this here or not.  The walk
    is in Massachusetts, there are a number of walks in this area on
    Good Friday and in May so I would encourage anyone interested to
    send me mail and I will tell you about the ones I know about.
    
    _peggy
    
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    			We have only one home - EARTH
    			We have only one family - HUMAN

    On May 1, the Walk for Hunger takes place in Boston, sponsored by
    Project Bread.  This is a 20 mile experience taking the walkers
    from the Common through Kenmore square out to B.C. and on to Newton
    to the Charles to the circle at Me. drive and storrow along Me.
    drive to the Mass. bridge to Comm. ave. back to the common.
    
    
    Frightfully good time with a chance to raise over 2 million for
    feeding people............
    
    
    

    The "From All Walks of Life" walk for AIDS research/care is 5 June.
    It's a fairly short walk (10 km, which is about 6 miles) but they get a
    good crowd and it's a good cause. 
    
    If you're interested in walking, contact AIDS Action Committee in
    Boston (where the walk is); if you're interestedin pledging, contact
    anyone whose personal-name field indicates that their walking (see
    above).

    					-- hs

    For those in the Acton/Concord area, there's the "Crop Walk", which is
    a local version of the Walk for Hunger. I believe that it's held in the
    fall, and they support good causes (like The Community Supper, the food
    pantry/soup kitchen/clothes cupboard that I work at). If you're
    interested, I can find more information for you.

    					-- hs

This material was prepared for people  in LKG.  However most of it is
generic.  I think the Walk is a good cause and am doing what I can to
promote it.  I edited the material below from materials Project Bread
provided.  

If you want to contact PROJECT BREAD directly:

      .  Project Bread, the Walk for Hunger, 6 Beacon St.,  Rm.   700,
         Boston, MA 02108.  Phone:  227-3796.

      .  Project Bread  Hunger  Hotline,  14  Beacon  St.,  Rm.   608,
         Boston, MA 02108.  Phone:  523-7010.

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Will you join the WALK FOR HUNGER?  Last year 25,000 people and  their
sponsors  raised  $1,750,000.   The  need increased 17% in 1987.  This
year's goal of $2,000,000 would cover the  increased  need  and  might
allow expanding or adding programs.  If everybody in LKG will pledge a
dollar a mile with matching funds  from  Digital  we  can  raise  over
$40,000 for this cause.

How big is the problem of local  hunger  in  America?   In  1987  meal
programs  in  Massachusetts,  in the Greater Boston Area alone, served
more than 4 million free meals ...  206,409 meals a month is 17%  more
than 1986 ...  60,388 individuals (16,600 families) received food from
food pantries each month too.  Next time you are in Boston look out at
the  local  kids  on  the  street  and  remember that one third of all
children in the city of Boston are poor?   Every  third  kid  you  see
lives at, around, or below poverty level?

The  WALK  FOR  HUNGER,  sponsored  by  PROJECT  BREAD  a  non-profit,
non-denominational  agency  dedicated  to  feeding the hungry began in
1969.  PROJECT BREAD raises funds through the annual WALK FOR  HUNGER,
as  well as through private and corporate donations.  The funds raised
are distributed to over 200  soup  kitchens,  food  pantries,  shelter
feeding  programs  and  urban gardens in Massachusetts.  In addition a
small percentage of the funds is allocated to  international  programs
feeding  the  hungry abroad.  Grants are allocated by PROJECT BREAD on
the basis of need in  a  community.   Sometimes  emergency  funds  are
granted  on  the  basis  of  unusual  need  throughout  the  year, and
particularly during the holiday season and  the  winter  months.   The
PROJECT  BREAD HUNGER HOTLINE established the first information center
for food and anti-hunger advocacy in Massachusetts.

The Walk begins at the Boston Common it goes west  to  Newton  Center,
North  and east back through Cambridge and finishes back in the Common
twenty miles later.  Some people that walk are old.  Some carry  their
children  all  the way.  Get out for a worthy cause!  Don't be a wimp.
If you can not walk would you please support a co-worker that can?

Pledge sheets and information are available from Health Services.  For
more  information you can reach me via E-mail NSSG::WALK or call me at
dtn/226-5918.


Thanks in advance

Doug St.  Clair

    The need for programs like Project Bread and the various walks against
    hunger is staggering. 
    
    On the whole, Acton, MA, is a well-to-do community. I was amazed to
    find that there are any hungry people there, much less that there are a
    lot of them. The food pantry that I work at (we give out groceries,
    clothing and serve a hot meal) attracts more and more people as time
    goes on. There really are people who live in their trucks, and people
    who end the month with no money. I've met some of them, and it's really
    frightening. They're just regular folks, like you and me. They could
    be, and probably are, right around you, at work and at home.

    The work that we do may not bring people up out of poverty; that's
    frustrating. We can, however, keep them from starving, and that's
    important.

    					-- hs

    

    
    
    The Greater Lowell Walk for Hunger was yesterday, the amount pledged
    is 12,000 + with matching  funds for DE we may raise over 15,000.
     If you want to donate to the Walk send your check to
    
    		Walk for Hunger
    		The Treasure
    		P.O. BOX 37
    		Westford, MA
    			01886
    
    We divide our funds between, OXFAM (1/3), Sharing, Inc. (1/3) this
    money goes to a group of Southern Cooperatives, and Lowell area
    food programs, such as: House of Hope, Lowell Open Pantry and St.
    Anne's Hot Lunch program.  If you know of any group in the Lowell
    area that provided food for the hungry please send me mail
    
    	BUFFER::LEEDBERG
    
    I was this years Walk Committee Chair and it looks as thourgh I
    will be Chair again next year.
    
    _peggy
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    			No one asks to be hungry
    			No one should ever be hungry.
    

    The Walk for Hunger was , by any measure, an unqualified success......
    
    despite the drizzle and cool weather.
    
    My wife and I set out from the common at 7:30 a.m. and finished
    the 20 miles back at the common at about 11:45 a.m.  wet, tired,
    and wondering why the sun broke through only after we finished!
    
    Reports have ot that some 3 million was pledged for the walkers
    ... It is reported that it is the largest walk of its kind.
    
    
    A significant aspect of the experience is that people of all ages
    and backgrounds congregate and mingle and keep each others'
    spirits up for the single reason of helping out the hungry.