Project Bread

If there’s one thing you must do each year, it’s to support Project Bread in what they do. Proceeds are given throughout the Greater Boston area through pantries, food banks, kitchens, school breakfast and lunch programs and more!
Annually, they host the Walk for Hunger and has been going strong for 40 years. 20 miles with usually over 40,000 walkers despite weather conditions shows that we as a community can truly come together to make a difference for a great cause. Especially one you can relate with especially in these economic times, hunger is a strong thing. We forget every day that there are those less fortunate than ourselves that don’t get to eat or eat poorly. There are those who never thought they’d be asking for assistance, now on the other side of the fence.
If you haven’t already joined in the fight against hunger. Please consider joining our team. Last year, Unilocal and SBS joined forces to bring forth over $ 8500 raised and made it to one of the top teams. If you can’t walk, consider cyber-​walk, volunteer, or make a donation.
* Although a side note, I only wish Project Bread would stop sending me all the paper mailings between annual reports to various newsletters. I’d much prefer if it was all electronic in my e-​mail instead. It’s such a waste of paper and postage.
Top Organizations at the 2008 Walk
# Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts — $ 47,846.99
# Raytheon — $ 41,254.67
# Arbella — $ 35,008.50
# Teradyne — $ 25,802.00
# Phillips Academy — $ 16,465.00
# EMC Corporation — $ 13,368.50
# MIT — $ 10,230.82
# St Andrew’s Wellesley — $ 10,020.81
# Oak Middle School — $ 9,905.00
# The Self-​Defense Institute (TSDI), Tewksbury — $ 9,491.00
# Citizens Bank of Massachusetts — $ 9,389.21
# Temple Israel Boston — $ 9,159.50
# Harvard University — $ 9,009.00
# Social Boston Sports & Unilocal — $ 8,616.00
# Boston University — $ 7,505.14
# BCEC — $ 7,324.48
# Chestnut Hill School — $ 7,170.00
# Iron Mountain — $ 7,001.00
# Surg-​Care/​Surgi-​Tech — $ 6,359.33
# MetLife Auto & Home — $ 6,214.00
Save the Date!
The next Project Bread Walk for Hunger will be on Sunday, May 3, 2009.

Yep, I’m behind Trish’s 30 second stop light hip hop stretch. haha. I was also the one doing the visualization techniques. «this isn’t rain. it’s ocean spray from a sandy beach somewhere tropical»… this year. People were definitely troopers this year trudging through the downpour. I was rocking the hoodie underneath a rain jacket underneath a poncho. Communication this year was definitely ON (or maybe it always was but it finally reached me). Volunteers received a hand out that had several important numbers of team leaders, police, and who to contact when someone was lost. They did try to keep me and my friend longer again but s’all good.
Those looking to be walk marshals (helping people cross the street basically). definitely work out a plan with your team members. The police were kind of hiding out while it was raining super hard so we had to direct traffic AND walkers. This can be especially tricky/​dangerous since the traffic lights don’t always correspond with the walk signals (DOH!).