A group of seventh and eighth graders at the Pierce School in Brookline, painted signs that will encourage participants as they complete the 20-mile Walk for Hunger route. Over 40,000 Walkers are expected to step out and raise nearly $4 million for hunger relief and prevention at Project Bread’s 44^th annual Walk for Hunger on Sunday, May 6^th. The route weaves through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge, and includes entertainment and free snacks along the way. These signs are among the 320 hand painted signs of encouragement that will hang along the route.

About Project Bread
As the state’s leading antihunger organization, Project Bread is dedicated to alleviating, preventing, and ultimately ending hunger in Massachusetts. Through The Walk for Hunger, the oldest continual pledge walk in the country, Project Bread provides millions of dollars each year in privately donated funds to support hunger relief through emergency programs, schools, community health centers, farmers’ markets, community suppers, home care organizations, and other programs that protect the individual and strengthen our community food security. The Walk’s flagship sponsor is Freihofer’s Baking Company; its participating sponsors include Arbella Insurance Charitable Foundation and Raytheon Company. For more information,v isit www.projectbread.org, www.facebook.com/projectbread, or www.twitter.com/walkforhunger.

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