Take a Walk in the Park to Fight Hunger

Join us in fighting hunger and come take a walk (run, jog, etc.) in Wicker Park with us!

Event Information

Date: Saturday September 14th

Time: 12pm-4pm (the walk ends at 4pm)

Where: Wicker Memorial Park * Highland IN. * Shelter # 1

Download the 2024 Walk In The Park Pledge form here!

Please fill out the form and send it to our team!

Please stop by shelter #1 prior to your walk (run, jog, etc.) to register, grab a water & snack, and to say “hi”.

If you are unable to walk with us on that day, but would still like to participate, you can walk individually or as a group, on any day between August 21st and September 21st and still be part of our “Walk in the Park”. If you decide on this, please let us know the date you walked and take some pictures for us. Don’t forget to get those pledges!

Our Goal

Our goal is to raise at least $10,000 to help with expenses for our food pantry.  We serve over 12,000 people every year with about 5 days of food; including meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, canned goods, bread and bakery products, grains and rice, breakfast items,  frozen foods, coffee, snacks and sweets, etc. The cost to feed one person for 5 days is around $37.50, that’s only about $2.50 per meal. Most of the $37.50 is food, but there are expenses above and beyond food. Some of these expenses are wages for our fulltime Pantry Manager, mortgage, utilities, upkeep, insurance, and gas for our van (used exclusively for the food pantry), cleaning supplies and gloves, etc.

It really does take more than food to run a food pantry. It costs us over $100,000 a year, above and beyond the food, to run our pantry. Our goal is to raise at least $10,000 for our food pantry. This money will help with expenses, and help us keep our pantry open so we can feed those living in food insecurity.