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Walk to Feed the Hungry on Nov. 2, 2013

Walk to Feed the Hungry NYC



People can register
now to join the 4 Mile Walk in Riverside Park!



Join
us for a wonderful mix of fun, exercise, and of course, a great cause!

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Few
of us have ever experienced what it is really like to feel chronically hungry. But
for close to a billion people around the world, hunger is real, terrible, and
ever-present. Even here in the U.S. there are children who go to bed hungry or
are malnourished. Let’s walk together and show them that we care.

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The Walk to Feed the
Hungry is hosted by Buddhist Global Relief (BGR), a non-profit hunger relief
organization. This is the 3rd annual walk in NYC. Walking with us
are not only Buddhists, but interfaith clergy, secular colleagues, and all
variety of friends and family. We are in this together!



You need not donate
or fundraise, but even a small donation can pay for a meal for a Haitian child
who walks miles for food, seeds for an Ethiopian farmer to feed his children,
rice for a family in Cambodia so that their daughter can stay in school, or
contribute to groceries for a home-style meal for homeless youth right in New
York City.



Come early and wake
up with the popular pre-walk Moving Meditation. Vegetarian lunch after the walk
at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church is free.



Interested in
volunteering? Contact Deena Scherer at
nycwalk@buddhistglobalrelief.org.



We
look forward to seeing you!



You must register to walk: http://www.firstgiving.com/BuddhistGlobalRelief/new-york

Walk Details:

RAIN
OR SHINE



START: North
Lawn (enter at W. 79th or W. 80th St. and Riverside Dr.)

END: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 213 W. 82nd St. 



9:00 am: Wake up
with 8-Form Moving Meditation (until 9:45 am)



9:00 am: Check-in
begins



10:00 am: Walk
begins



11:45 am: Lunch,
Speaker Program, and Raffle



All proceeds will go
towards BGR grants to partner organizations that give vital food aid and
promote greater food productivity in communities in Asia, Africa, Haiti, and
the United States. A portion of the proceeds of this walk will go to Hour
Children in Queens, NY for their Food Pantry. A contribution will also go to
the Holy Trinity Church for their Food Pantry.



“Hunger is not a problem. It is an
obscenity. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before
starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank



About Buddhist Global Relief



BGR’s mission is to
combat chronic hunger and malnutrition. BGR sponsors projects that promote
hunger relief for poor communities around the world: 



   •     providing direct food aid to people
afflicted by hunger and malnutrition



   •     helping develop better long-term methods of
sustainable food production and management appropriate to the cultures and traditions
of the beneficiaries



   •     promoting the education of girls and women,
so essential in the struggle against poverty and malnutrition



   •     giving women an opportunity to start right
livelihood projects to support their families.



They also seek to
raise awareness of global hunger and advocate for an international food system
that exemplifies social justice and conduces to ecological sustainability.



BGR respects the
religious beliefs and practices of the people whom it serves and seeks to work
in harmony with those of all faiths to alleviate the plight of the poor,
therefore BGR does not proselytize.



For more information
about Buddhist Global Relief go to: www.buddhistglobalrelief.org









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