Love Walk 2009

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

Well, they did it again! Yesterday, more than 1,000 young people from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh gathered at Sacred Heart Parish and then marched to East End Cooperative Ministry's Food Pantry during the annual Love Walk for the Poor.

Each year, youth groups from across the city join together to collect donations for EECM's Food Pantry. They carry their contributions from Sacred Heart to the Pantry (about a mile) to simulate briefly what it would be like to be homeless, carrying all your belongings with you.

The Love Walk marks the kick-off to EECM's annual Have a Heart for Hunger campaign, which gets under way on Valentine's Day.

There's a great article in the Post Gazette today about the event. Click here to read it!