Monte’s March for The Food Bank IX

Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River


Monday and Tuesday November 19th and 20th, 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 $250,000. Can you help them top that this year?

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SIGN UP TO JOIN THE MARCH

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 digital fundraising page here.

The March will begin at 7AM on Monday 11.19, starting at MLK Family Services in Springfield and will end in the mid-afternoon at the radio station, 15 Hampton Ave Northampton.

VIEW THE DAY ONE ROUTE HERE

Or call 1-888-323-HOPE (4673)
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Join us for Monte’s Munch Monday evening at Sierra Grille- 100% of proceeds go to the Food Bank! Get tickets here.

Day two will begin at 6AM on Tuesday 11.20 right around the corner from the station at the office of Congressman McGovern on Pleasant Street and will end around 6PM at in Greenfield.

VIEW THE DAY TWO ROUTE HERE

Here’s our best guess where we’ll be when:

Monday November 19

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 The Sierra Grille – click to get tickets!

Tuesday November 20

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 on Bank Row in Greenfield joined by Double Edge Theater

Thank you to our 2018 Monte’s March Sponsors!

  

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See photos of last year’s March

Here’s coverage of last year’s March:
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

 

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