Over $236,000 raised in Monte’s March this week! That’s nearly 750,000 meals for our hungry neighbors. Thank you to our Riverlution sponsors, who make it possible for us to turn over the River to this worthy cause: Alternative Recycling, Northampton Brewery, Elements Hot Tub Spa, Four Seasons Wine and Liquor, Northeast Solar, O’Connell Care at Home, Pierce Brothers Coffee Roasters and Whole Foods Hadley.
Great coverage on Monte’s March right here:
https://medium.com/@jcstearns/on-the-front-lines-of-fighting-hunger-the-people-i-met-on-a-43-mile-walk-across-massachusetts-e104e3cdce7c
http://www.recorder.com/Montes-March-2017-13887049
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/us_reps_james_mcgovern_joseph.html
Or call 1-888-323-HOPE (4673)
Monday and Tuesday November 20th & 21st, Monte Belmonte and his entourage of marchers, including anti-hunger action hero U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, will once again walk from Springfield to Greenfield to raise money for The Food Bank of Western Mass.
Last year they raised over $211,000. Can you help them top that this year?
Or call 1-888-323-HOPE (4673)
Want to be a “Virtual Marcher”? Get together with your friends, your school, your place of worship your BAND and commit to fundraising, whether you want to actually march of not. You can set up a RunReg page (details coming soon)
The March will begin at 7AM on Monday 11.21, starting at MLK Family Services in Springfield and will end in the mid-afternoon at the radio station, 15 Hampton Ave Northampton.
Or call 1-888-323-HOPE (4673)
Join us for Monte’s Munch Monday evening at Union Station – 100% of proceeds go to the Food Bank! Get tickets here.
Day two will begin at 6AM right around the corner from the station at the office of Congressman McGovern on Pleasant Street and will end around 6PM at Magpie in Greenfield.
Here’s our best guess where we’ll be when:
Monday November 20
7am-MLK Family Services
8:30am-Chicopee City Limits
9:00am-Chicopee Falls
10:00am-Downtown Holyoke
11am-2PM finish walking down Northampton Street to Northampton
2PM A rally at the Old Courthouse Lawn in celebration of Lavery Greenfield’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive for the Food Bank
6:00-8pm-Fundraising soiree at Union Station
Tuesday November 21
6 am: Pick up Congressman McGovern at his office on Pleasant St
7am: Route 9 Hadley near Mi Tierra
8 am: Whole Foods Hadley
9:15 am: Downtown Amherst
10:30 am: Amherst Survival Center
12:00 pm: Downtown Sunderland and lunch at Bridgeside Grille
1:15 pm: Pit Stop at Berkshire Brewing Company
2:30 pm-5:30pm: Route 5&10 north
5:30 or 6pm: Complete 26 mile trek at Magpie on Bank Row in Greenfield joined by Double Edge Theater
