Students Provide Hope for Families in Need This Holiday
Milwaukee, Wis.- Students from Brown Street Academy demonstrate their commitment to the community in the annual Walk for Hope. Students will parade across Johnson Park at the corner of 17th Street and Fond du Lac Avenue (weather permitting) and drop off their donation in the Feeding America truck. “In a neighborhood that has its challenges, it’s nice to know that the children of this neighborhood are doing their part to provide a brighter holiday to those in need, many of whom live right in this community,” said Bonnie J. Bellehumeur. This is the tenth year that students from Brown Street Academy have held the Walk for Hope.
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Each year 235,000 people in Wisconsin rely on food supplied by Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, formerly named America’s Second Harvest of Wisconsin. The food bank is the largest, private, non-profit distributor of food in the state. Feeding America Food Bank distributes nearly 12 million pounds of food annually to 1,100 food pantries, meal programs and shelters throughout Wisconsin. Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is affiliated with Feeding America which is consistently ranked as one of the most efficient charities, out of the country’s 100 largest charities, by Forbes magazine. Since 1982, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin has distributed more than 250 million pounds of food. To learn more about hunger in Wisconsin, log onto www.feedingamericawi.org.
