Teams forming now for Foodshare Walk

MIDDLETOWN >> St. Vincent de Paul Middletown is recruiting teams in the Greater Middletown area to participate in the 34th Annual Walk Against Hunger, the largest anti-hunger fundraising event in Connecticut. The event is hosted by Foodshare, the regional food bank, and St. Vincent de Paul Middletown participates each year to raise funds for their programs.

This year’s event will take place on Sunday, May 7, at Liam E. McGee Memorial Park (140 Garden St., Hartford). Free event parking is provided at The Hartford Insurance lot (690 Asylum Ave.). Walkers should arrive by 1 p.m. on May 7 for check-in and pre-Walk entertainment. The 2.5mile walk steps off, rain or shine, at 2 p.m.

There are several ways to get involved: become a team captain and form a team – ask your friends, family, coworkers and neighbors to walk with you – or join our St. Vincent de Paul Middletown team. If you can’t join us on May 7th, consider sponsoring a walker or register as a “spirit walker” and fundraise online.

St. Vincent de Paul Middletown’s Soup Kitchen and Amazing Grace Food Pantry continue to experience unprecedented demand for nutritious food, together providing approximately 340,000 meals to residents in the Middletown area last year. The Walk Against Hunger is the agency’s largest annual fundraiser and with decreases in funding from so many other sources, it is more important than ever to keeping up with the demand for food right here in Middletown. Last year over 100 people participated in the Walk Against Hunger on behalf of St. Vincent de Paul Middletown and raised over $34,000 for the agency and its programs.

To learn more about the Walk Against Hunger, visit www.svdmiddletown.org. Select St. Vincent de Paul Middletown as the benefiting program during registration, and the funds you raise will directly benefit the Soup Kitchen and Amazing Grace Food Pantry. If you have any questions or would like help with the registration process, please contact Walk Coordinator Jessica Fazzino at jess@svdmiddletown.org.