HOULTON — On Oct. 30, the 12th Annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour made stops in two Washington County communities. Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates, has been partnering with Maine’s credit unions to coordinate the Ending Hunger Walking Tour for the past twelve years.
The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness and distribute some of the statewide funds raised by the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger. In 2012, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger raised a record-setting $471,000 and has raised more than $4.8 million since 1990.
In Aroostook County, the Tour stopped in nine communities including Houlton, where it stopped at The County FCU to make a contribution to St. Mary’s Food Pantry.
This year’s tour visited the most communities, and covered the most miles in its history. The walk was expected to encompass more than 1,500 miles, with approximately 750 of that on foot, and visit a record-setting 77 communities from Kittery to Madawaska.
The tour will visit every Maine County for the eighth consecutive year. In addition to contributing funds to Davis’ food pantry, which is one of the largest in Eastern Maine, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign will contribute to a food pantry in each of the 80 communities that the Tour visits.
The walk will conclude with a ceremony at Bangor FCU in Bangor on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Since 1990, the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger has raised over $4.8 million to help end hunger in Maine. This is the 24th year of the campaign. Contributions to the campaign are tax-deductible and 100 percent of all funds raised go directly to the cause of ending hunger and stay in Maine.
To make a contribution to the campaign, stop by any local credit union.Contributed photo
For hunger – Brenda Davis and the Maine Credit Unions’ “Ending Hunger Walking Tour” stopped in Houlton recently.
