Word: walks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Walk for Hunger began as part of a national effort in 1969. The initial event raised $26,000 in Boston. In 1975, Project Bread began organizing the local walk to help fund emergency homeless shelters and relief efforts...
...Walk for Hunger spokesperson Denise Goros said walkers recorded a record $3.5 million in pledges, which topped last year's effort by 35 percent. While Goros couldn't predict how much of the pledged money the organization would actually receive, she said they usually get 80 to 90 percent from sponsors...
Participants raise money by canvassing relatives, friends and colleagues, to sponsor their walk. Pledges are ordinarily collected after the event, and mailed to Project Bread...
Annie Wilcox, 42, of Boston, looked a little ragged as she completed her fourth walk in four years. "I just like to do it because it's good exercise," she said...
...Tigers quickly defused the Crimson's enthusiasm in the top half of the third. A walk and four singles gave Princeton four runs and a 4-1 lead...