Hunger Hike relies on dozens of volunteers for the Hunger Hike and the HH5K Run. Please consider becoming a Hunger Hike volunteer as well as a Hunger Hike fundraiser. Sign up to volunteer online, click HERE. Needs are as follows:
For more information, go to www.hungerhike.org/volunteer
| Donate | Hunger Hike Registration | HH5K Run Registration |
Hunger Hike events are less than three weeks away — and a lot of exciting things are planned for the Kick-off event and the 5K run. Please become a Hunger Hike participant today! Join Purdue Coaches Sharon Versyp, Dave Kucik & Dave Shondell in beating last year’s amount of $101,000 — and make this a record breaking year.
Hunger Hike is a wonderful team or group activity. Each member raises money leading up to the big day — and the team gets together at Hunger Hike and celebrates their good work.
And Hunger Hike is FUN! There’s a live DJ, Zumba, face painting, balloon animals, clowns, the Boilermaker Special, Purdue Cheerleaders, Purdue Pete — and hot dogs, chips & water when your return from the 3K walk/hike. Here are the details.
Hunger Hike 3K Walk
Sunday, September 18 at
Noon – Check in, DJ, BMS, clowns;
1:15 p.m – Zumba
2 p.m. – Kick off
Riehle Plaza, Lafayette
HH5K Run
Saturday, September 17 at
8 a.m. – Check in/registration
9 a.m. – Run begins
Parking at White Horse Christian Center, 1780 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette
To get involved in Hunger Hike 2016 and for more details — click HERE.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Purdue Coaches Team Up to Fight Hunger — Hunger Hike 2016
West Lafayette, IN – Three prominent Purdue coaches have teamed up to fight hunger by participating and promoting Hunger Hike 2016. Coaches Sharon Versyp (women’s basketball), Dave Shondell (women’s volleyball) & Dave Kucik (rowing & crew) will be speaking out about the issues of hunger in Indiana and encouraging participation in one of the longest running, most well respected fundraising events — Hunger Hike.
Join us for this event; details are as follows:
The Hunger Hike updates which will be announced are as follows:
Representatives from the three sponsoring organizations, Lafayette Urban Ministry, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. & St. Thomas Aquinas Center, will be available for questions and one-on-one interviews.
For more information on Hunger Hike 2016, please visit our website at www.hungerhike.org.
Contacts:
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
Fr. Patrick Baikauskas, OP
Pastor, Director of Campus Ministry
St. Thomas Aquinas Center
765.743.4652
fatherpatrick@boilercatholics.
More information:
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising eve
nt whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally.
HH5K Run — Saturday, September 17
9 a.m. – Celery Bog Nature Area, West Lafayette (Parking at White Horse Christian Center, 1780 Cumberland Avenue)
Hunger Hike 3K Walk — Sunday, September 18
2 p.m. – Riehle Plaza, Lafayette
Get a head start in the race & hike against hunger!
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for your group — student organization, church group, civic group, team or family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any other way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
| Donate Online | Hunger Hike—Online Fundraising | HH5K Run Registration |
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike sponsor. For more information on how to become 2016 Event Sponsor, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
Help Us Promote Hunger Hike — Print & post our flier, click HERE.
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally.
HH5K Run — Saturday, September 17
9 a.m. – Celery Bog Nature Area, West Lafayette (Parking at White Horse Christian Center, 1780 Cumberland Avenue)
Hunger Hike 3K Walk — Sunday, September 18
2 p.m. – Riehle Plaza, Lafayette
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for your group — student organization, church group, civic group, team or family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any other way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
| Donate Online | Hunger Hike—Online Fundraising | HH5K Run Registration |
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike sponsor. For more information on how to become 2016 Event Sponsor, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
2016 – LUM eNewsletters
September 27, 2016 – More Ways to Fight Hunger
September 22, 2016 – Hunger Hike Highlights (PDF)
September 16, 2016 – THIS Weekend – Hunger Hike (PDF)
September 14, 2016 – US Olympian to Keynote Hunger Hike (PDF)
September 13, 2016 – 4 Days Until Hunger Hike 2016 (PDF)
September 9, 2016 – Only 8 Days Till Hunger Hike 2016 (PDF)
September 7, 2016 – Excitement Is Building (PDF)
September 1, 2016 – Get Involved with LUM (PDF)
August 30, 2016 – Get Engage & Fight Hunger (PDF)
August 23, 2016 – Hunger Hike 2016 (PDF)
January 7, 2016 – Hunger Hike Raises $101,282 (PDF)
Hunger Hike in the News:
Archive of eNewsletters & LUM in the News
Hunger Hike relies on hundreds of volunteers each year to make it a success.
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At a 
celebration this past Monday, it was announced that Hunger Hike 2015 not only raised a record amount but also exceeded the 2015 fundraising goal. For the first time in the 50 year history of Hunger Hike — the amount raised exceeded $100,000. The total is $100,282 in cash donations plus $1,000 in donations of gift cards.
Special thanks to the Lafayette Life Foundation for our final 2015 donation of $5,000 which took us over top.
A majority of the money comes from local churches and their fundraising efforts. The top church fundraisers this year were as follows:
Hunger Hike was also blessed with donations from many local companies. The top event sponsor donations this year were as follows:
On hand for the celebration were two of the Hunger Hike honorary co-chairs —
Basketball andThe celebration was capped off with the presentation of checks to representatives of the three sponsoring organizations —
($1,000 in gift cards), with each organization receiving $33,760.
The proceeds from Hunger Hike 2015 will have a tremendous & immedi
ate positive impact on the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally & globally. Thank you all again for making history this year at Hunger Hike.
Please mark your calendars for next year’s Hunger Hike event weekend — September 17 & 18, 2016. More information may be found on the Hunger Hike website at www.hungerhike.org.
If you wish to become a Hunger Hike 2016 event sponsor, please call or email Joe Micon (765-423-2691 | jmicon@lumserve.org).
If you wish to make an individual donation to Hunger Hike, click HERE.
More photos from the recent Hunger Hike celebration may be found HERE.
Since Hunger Hike 2015 weekend, our fundraising committee has been hard at work raising more funds. Many individuals donations have also come in since September. Thus far approximately $95,000 has been pledged & donated to Hunger Hike. Our goal to raise $100,000 is so very close. Working together this goal can be achieved.
At a recent LUM Board of Directors Meeting the top Hunger Hike fundraisers in three categories were honored and presented with trophies. The three categories are Top Individual Fundraiser, Top Church Fundraisers, and Top Group (non-church) Fundraisers.
The Top Three Church Fundraisers for 2015 Hunger Hike are as follows:
The Top Group Fundraisers—
Computer Science Learning Community at Purdue University—$1,030.
Accepting is their advisor, Scott Nelson (pictured left).
The Top Individual Fundraiser—
Fr. Patrick Baikaukas, OP—$6,786.
(pictured right with Joe Micon, LUM executive director).
Ways the YOU can help us reach our fundraising goal of $100,000. Some suggestions on how you can donate and raise funds for our Fight Against Hunger:
All Hunger Hike proceeds support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. and the St. Thomas Aquinas Haiti Ministry.
For more information on Hunger Hike — go to www.hungerhike.org.
Check out this year’s photos on Facebook or Flickr. Please tag yourself & share the photos with #HungerHike. When you tag yourself and share — you’re spreading the word about Hunger Hike and our Fight Against Hunger — and generate more donations.
Special thanks to our official Hunger Hike photographers: Ed Lausch from Lausch Photography, and Olivia DeCrane & Zoe Malavenda from Harrison High School.
Share your photos from Hunger Hike weekend and use #HungerHike.
Before hundreds of Hunger Hikers hit the road for the 3K Walk, several dignitaries shared their excitement & offered remarks on the importance of this event.
Pictured L to R: Dave Kucik, Purdue Crew Team & Rowing coach, Purdue Pete, Fr. Patrick Baikauskas, OP, pastor/director of campus ministries, St. Thomas Aquinas; Nadine Morgan, Purdue Women’s Basketball assoc. head coach; Dave Shondell, Purdue Volleyball coach; Judge Faith Graham; Joe Micon, LUM executive director; Peter Bunder, West Lafayette City Council president; Sheila Klinker, Indiana State Representative; Katy Bunder, Food Finders Food Bank executive director; Nancy Nargi, Lafayette City Council member; and Mayor Tony Roswarski, City of Lafayette. Not pictured: Dave Byers, Tippecanoe County Commissioner and Ron Alting, Indiana State Senator.
Special thanks to all of our dignitaries and Shamus from K105 Radio for their continued support of Hunger Hike.