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Walk to feed the Hungry with BGR

deena scherer, Neighbor
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Walk to Feed the Hungry NYC

Babylon Village friends can register now to join the 4 Mile Walk in NYC"s Riverside Park! Join
us for a wonderful mix of fun, exercise, and of course, a great cause!

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.

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!

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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.

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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 upwith 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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