45th Walk for Hunger Set for Sunday, May 5

The 45^th annual Walk for Hunger Project Bread is scheduled for Sunday, May 5 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine. The 20-mile walk through the Greater Boston Area is a great way to raise funds and awareness for hunger in Massachusetts. All of the proceeds go towards Project Bread.

“In 2012, Brookline residents were extremely generous to Project Bread, with 519 residents walking and raising nearly $85,000,” Erin Callanan of Callanan and Klein Communications said. “Brookline residents truly make a difference.”

Project Bread expects over 35,000 walkers and 2,000 volunteers will raise more than $3 million to help the hungry.

“The funds raised for The Walk for Hunger allow Project Bread to provide people with sustainable, reliable access to nutritious food—because the opposite of hungry is not simply full, but healthy,” Callanan wrote in a press release. “From community-based meal programs, to early childhood and school nutrition initiatives, to improved access to farm-to-table and local food resources, Project Bread funds more than 430 community food programs throughout Massachusetts.”

The Walk kicks off from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Boston Common Parade Grounds at the corner of Beacon and Charles Street. The 20-mile trek will wind its way through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge. See the map in the images section for the complete map.

If you don’t plan on walking, you should know about the blocked off routes in and around town:

Beacon St. outbound will be closed between St. Mary's and Carlton Sts. from 7:00am-12:00pm. Parking on Beacon St. outbound will be restricted. 

Expect traffic delays on Beacon St. from Carlton St. to Ayr Rd. from 7:00am-12:00pm. 

Registration for participants will be held from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. on Boston Common. For more information, call 617-723-5000 or visit www.projectbread.org.

Information provided by the Walk for Hunger website. For more information on road closures in surrounding towns (Watertown, Brookline, Boston and Cambridge), check out the full list of detours here.