At last check you helped the Food Bank to the tune of $337,041.18. With each dollar enough for the Food Bank of Western Mass to provide 3 meals that means we met and surpassed ONE MILLION MEALS!
And the money is still coming in. Check here for updates. And THANK YOU!
Check out our new infographic about the March.
Focus Springfield Community TV video from kickoff.
Greenfield Recorder story with photos.
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Monday and Tuesday November 25th and 26th, 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 $294,720. The Food Bank can take each dollar and turn it into 3 meals.
Can you help us raise $333,333.33. One million meals?
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 11.25.19, starting at MLK Family Services in Springfield and will end in the mid-afternoon at the radio station, 15 Hampton Ave Northampton.
Thank you to our Monte’s March sponsors:
Construct Associates – Elements Hot Tub Spa – Four Seasons Wine and Liquor – Freedom Credit Union – Pierce Brothers Coffee Roasters – Renaissance Builders
Or call 1-888-323-HOPE (4673) during the March or
DONATE NOW!
Day two will begin at 6AM on Tuesday 11.26 right around the corner from the station at the office of Congressman McGovern on Pleasant Street and will end around 6PM at in Greenfield.
Here’s our best guess where we’ll be when:
Monday November 25th
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
Tuesday November 26th
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
12:45 pm: Pit Stop at Berkshire Brewing Company with lunch from Bueno y Sano
2:30 pm-5:30pm: Route 5&10 north
5:30 or 6pm: Monte’s March: the DenouMonte! We complete our 26 mile trek at Hawks and Reed in Greenfield. We’re welcomed by Double Edge Theater, plus a special performance by Mr. Drag & Karl to kick off a night of karaoke. Food from Stone Soup Cafe, Hope & Olive and Magpie. $10 min. donation at the door.
