Thousands Gather On Boston Common To Combat Food Insecurity

WBZ NewsRadio's Kyle Bray reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
For organizers of the fifty seventh Walk for Hunger, this
year's event comes at a critical time. Project Bread CEO
Aaron McLear says, the anti hunger advocates are facing a
perfect storm as food and security levels reach those scene
during the height of the pandemic.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
While we're facing rising food prices, while we're facing you know,
twenty percent of people being food and secure in our state,
we're hearing proposals coming out of Washington, d C. To
cut the very programs that people rely on.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
David is one of the thousands of participants today. He's
been doing the Walk for Hunger for over three decades
and has raised over one hundred thousand dollars for Project Bread.
He says over the years, he's seen some victories in
the fight against hunger.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
I've been amazed at how Project Bread has grown and
the advocacy work that they're doing.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
It goes more than just.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Collecting money and you know, donating to food pantries, which
is extremely important, but they do so much work on
the advocacy side.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Walk for Hunger is a family affair for David. He's
here with his kids and his grandkids. Like Sarah, we've.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
Been doing this since we're really little and we're happy
to carry on the tradition.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
From the common. Kyle Bray wb Z, Boston's news radio