Hundreds To Hit the Pavement For Project Bread's Walk For Hunger

BOSTON — Project Bread’s 53rd annual Walk for Hunger will be held "virtually" Sunday for the second year in a row to raise money to help people who are food insecure. The annual event usually attracts thousands of walkers to Boston.

The Walk for Hunger, which claims to be among the nation's oldest continual pledge walk, takes place the first Sunday of May on the Boston Common. The usual route takes walkers 20 miles from the Common through Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge before returning to the Common.

This year watch for walkers to take to the streets in neighborhoods across the state, putting in the 20 miles to raise money to fund Project Bread's urgent COVID-19 hunger-relief response work.

So far this year, teams have pledged more than $884,000. The organization hopes to raise $1.2 million, according to the organization's website. Last year it raised $1.3 million, according to the organization.

The organization is still taking donations and allowing individuals and teams to sign up to walk Sunday.

To register as a virtual participant for Project Bread's Walk for Hunger, or to support a walker or team, visit projectbread.org/walk or call (617) 723-5000.

People experiencing food insecurity can call Project Bread's FoodSource Hotline (1-800-645-8333), which provides confidential, free assistance getting connected to food resources in 180 languages and for the hearing impaired. Counselors can pre-screen families and help them to apply for SNAP, which would make them eligible for no charge or reduced-price school meals, and answer questions about eligibility for school meals through the National School Lunch Program.

The most up to date meal site information is available through the FoodSource Hotline or at www.projectbread.org/covid19.