Walk For Hunger

For my service project this semester, I participated in Boston's Walk For Hunger on Sunday.
The Walk for Hunger is organized by Project Bread, the leading anti-hunger organization in Massachusetts. According to the Project Bread website, over 42,000 people participated in the walk, raising over 3.8 million dollars. This was my first year participating in the walk, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I was glad that the walk was so well-attended, despite the boil water order over the weekend.
Both Akiko and Kalinka participated in the walk as well. After meeting up at Bunker Hill, team BHCC took the orange line down to the Boston Common.

The entire walk is a hefty 20 miles, covering the towns of Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge before returning to Boston. Every two miles, there are checkpoints with volunteers handing out water to keep the walkers hydrated.

At the 10-mile half-way point, there was an open field for walkers to take a break at. There were tents set up providing food and refreshments, as well as first aid and shuttle buses back to the Common if walkers were too tired to go on.

After walking one more mile, Kalinka and I decided to catch the next bus back, with Akiko continuing on. We made it a little over half-way through the walk, walking over 11 miles in about 5 hours.

Overall, the walk was a lot of fun, and I'll try to make it again next year.