Hunger Hike relies on dozens of volunteers for the Hunger Hike Kick-off event & walk and more. Please consider becoming a Hunger Hike volunteer as well as a Hunger Hike fundraiser. Sign up to volunteer online, click HERE.
Thank you.
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At 1 p.m. on Sunday take part in our annual celebration and 1.5K walk. See below for details.
Hunger Hike is back in Riehle Plaza!! Join us to close out Hunger Hike and celebrate our success.
Celebration – 1:00 pm – Riehle Plaza
Walk – 2:00 pm
The average cotton t-shirt takes more than 700 gallons of water to produce and creates more than 30 pounds of carbon. That’s a huge environmental cost. So in an effort to be better stewards of our planet, our giveaways are going to look a little different this year.
Still want a Hunger Hike t-shirt? No problem. While we may not be placing a mass order for every donor and volunteer, our t-shirts are still available for purchase.
T-shirts may be picked up on September 17 at either Riehle Plaza.
We’ll need plenty of help on Sunday, September 17 to make Hunger Hike a success. Have a little extra time? Why not lend a hand? There are lots of tasks to choose from. We need people to:
Interested? Sign Up HERE
Photos – Check out the photos from Hunger Hike:
Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors!
Thank our event sponsors — and support their businesses, please.
Hunger Hike event sponsors, list HERE.
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Hunger Hike – Celebration & 1.5K Walk – Sunday September 17
Hunger Hike is an annual community fundraising event whose mission is to raise the awareness of and make a difference in the Fight Against Hunger. Hunger Hike is open to participants of all ages and abilities who share a common goal: Fighting Hunger!
The Hunger Hike main event is our annual celebration at Riehle Plaza — immediately followed by the traditional Hunger Hike 1.5K Walk.
More information, click HERE
All Hunger Hike proceeds benefit the Lafayette Urban Ministry Food Programs, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. & St. Thomas Aquinas Haiti Ministry. Learn more, click HERE.
Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors! Take the time to THANK all of our event sponsors — and support their businesses, please.
Hunger Hike event sponsors, list HERE.
Hunger Hike events need dozens of volunteers. Please consider helping. Learn more HERE.
Hunger Hike Photos – To view all of the Hunger Hike photos through the years, click HERE
Volunteer at Hunger Hike 2015
Volunteers are needed on-site at the Hunger Hike 5K Run on Saturday, September 19th as well as the Hunger Hike Kick-off event on Sunday, September 20th. To see more specific times and tasks—and to sign up, click HERE and select Hunger Hike.
This past Monday, the Hunger Hike team had a rare visit from the pastor from St. Francis Xavier Church in Baudin, Haiti—Father Charles Jean Pierre. Through the Haiti Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Center, Baudin is our “sister” community in Haiti.
Fr. Charles met with several groups including the Hunger Hike team. His message was simple — thank you, we need you, and you’re having a positive impact.
The meeting also included reports from members of the Haiti Ministry, John Ginda & Rob
Pahl, as well as the St. Tom’s pastor, Fr. Patrick Baikauskas.
If you wish to learn more, please read the recently published News Article covering this meeting, click HERE.
To learn more about Hunger in Haiti, click HERE.
Please JOIN our Fight Against Hunger—locally, regionally & globally—by participating in Hunger Hike 2015.
Here are ten facts about hunger in Haiti, the poorest country in the northern hemisphere.
Hunger Hike is an annual Fall community fundraising weekend which includes the traditional 3K Walk on Sunday as well as a 5K run on Saturday. This year Hunger Hike is Saturday, September 19 & Sunday, September 20, 2015.
All Hunger Hike proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haiti Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project.
Hunger Hike 2015 gives companies, organizations, families & individuals many ways to be a part of a community event with a tremendous positive impact on “Fighting Hunger.”
Hunger Hike
hungerhike@lumserve.org
www.hungerhike.org
765.423.2691
This list was prepared and originally posted on January 12, 2015 by The World Food Programme (WFP). Please share these facts to raise awareness.
Hunger Hike 2015 – Haiti Pastor visits Hunger Hike team
West Lafayette, IN – Hunger Hike 2015 supports the fight against hunger locally through LUM, regionally through Food Finders, and globally through the Haiti Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas.
On Monday, August 24th, the pastor of the parish in Baudin, Haiti is making a rare visit to the Lafayette area and will be meeting with the Hunger Hike team to update us on their current situation and issues as well as the impact Hunger Hike has on the people of Haiti. Father Charles, the pastor at St. Francis Xavier Church in the Diocese of Jacmel, Haiti, will be available for question/answer and individual interviews. Fr. Charles will be joined by the St. Tom’s Haiti Committee members who will share their plans for upcoming visits to Haiti. Representatives from the three sponsoring organizations (Lafayette Urban Ministry, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. & St. Thomas Aquinas Center) will also be in attendance.
Details are as follows:
Hunger Hike is an annual Fall community fundraising weekend which includes the
traditional 3K Walk on Sunday as well as a 5K run on Saturday. This year Hunger Hike is Saturday, September 19 & Sunday, September 20, 2015.
All Hunger Hike proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haitian Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project.
Hunger Hike 2015 gives companies, organizations, families & individuals many ways to be a part of a community event with a tremendous positive impact on “Fighting Hunger.”
More Information: 10 Facts about Hunger in Haiti.
Contacts:
Fr. Patrick Baikauskas, OP
Pastor, Director of Campus Ministry
St. Thomas Aquinas Center
765.743.4652
fatherpatrick@boilercatholics.org
Joe Micon
Executive Director
Lafayette Urban Ministry
765.423.2691
jmicon@lumserve.org
Katy Bunder
Executive Director
Food Finders Food Bank, Inc.
765.471.0062
kbunder@food-finders.org
Hunger Hike
hungerhike@lumserve.org
www.hungerhike.org
765.423.2691
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Hunger Hike 2015 is about a month away but funds are starting to trickle in. Several local Corporations have already made donations; and a Solicitation Letter has recently been put in the US mail to individual Hunger Hike supporters. (See above — the Hunger Hike team worked diligently to get this mailer put together and in the mail.) Special thanks to Instant Copy (Lafayette) for donating all of the printing.
You can even give to Hunger Hike at all of your favorite local Subway restaurants — that all have collection boxes set up for their customers (like you) to donate to Hunger Hike. Oh — and there’s one at Jane’s Deli too.
To reach our goal of $100,000 — we really need YOUR participation. Here is how you can 
get started in the Fight Against Hunger with Hunger Hike 2015.
Essential Information
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally. Hunger Hike benefits the Lafayette Urban Ministry Food Programs, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. &
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haiti Ministry.
HH5K Run
Saturday, September 19
Hunger Hike 3K Walk
Sunday, September 20
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for team or group — like a church group, student organization, organization or your entire family. Form a Hunger Hike team and start raising money for Hunger Hike using our online fundraising site — or any way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger at Hunger Hike 2015.
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike event sponsor. If interested, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
This year Hunger Hike 2015 offers an opportunity for runners to also be a part of the fight against hunger — the HH5K Run — on Saturday, September 19th, one day prior to Hunger Hike (traditional 3K Walk). The HH5K Run is open to runners of all ages and abilities who share a common goal: Fighting Hunger!
The annual HH5K Run will convene at White Horse Christian Center (1780 Cumberland Avenue, West Lafayette) with start/finish in the Celery Bog Nature Area. The 5K route allows participants to run while a scenic route through West Lafayette in early autumn.
Advanced Registration is encouraged but race day walk-ups are welcome.
All HH5K Run proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haitian Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project.
Be a part of the Hunger Hike 5K Run and Race to Feed the Hungry. For more information, route map & online registration form, click HERE.
