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2020 Hunger Walk

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2020 Hunger Walk
2020 Hunger Walk

Christian Appalachian Project's Mission is building hope, transforming lives, and sharing christ's love through service in Appalachia.

Joining us by phone to tell us about their upcoming Hunger Walk is the Assistant Director of Communications, Tina Bryson.

C1 3 c1 3 technician is building help transforming lives and sharing christ loved the ... service in appalachia drying us by phone to tell us about her upcoming hunger walk is the assistant director of medications tina bryson walking the show.

Thank you so much running us ... thank you for having a bided about walking today.

First tell us about your your organization with ... is ... sure, but i serving people in need in appalachia the mid- 1960s that we've been around fo long.

We have about 18 program that do everything from early childhood development with this door vastly the variety ways along the boat in appalachia to help give them hope ... and hope to transmission work late and walk through.

Maybe some of the numbers just to help people understand the gravity o the situation that we do ... every year in our area ... sure, so as i said we have about this program for september 5 hunger awareness.

We are really focus on raising awareness about food insecurity hunger in kentucky in enough area at the end is about 13% of people who faith security issue a lot higher in the nation for children about 17.9 is worth kentucky about 15.8% of the state, even for children in the state of kentucky about 20, even for children in the state of kentucky about 21 five.

You kentucky go hungry at any given higher for area 19.1 a people listen to his percent of the fight one in what one of porky's and after.

A through every day of his food insecurity issues that may not know whether nick will be from the talent and this is the great line for that hunger is an issue here in kentucky in him across the nation.

We want to we can do, but families and children in senior living in isolation and try to help them deal with michael issue one of the ways you guys are helping us with hunger walk.

This report is going little bit different from last year's event ... walk us through what we can expect ... a little ways away here with goldblatt right partners, mi capital county lockup county have been a great support of th savanna they bring out the last year they brought out due to what they do i do private school to do that again even though things a little bit i endemic look made it doing a food drive back in school walk away.

Here again the partnership with the public schools.

Some of the regional half will go on a walk in conjunction i'll have a great party with lamar in the video are mount vernon is allowed to do that collected almost all ho the food and raised nearly $8000 to help address the issue, but the pandemic i would no different than anybody else have a lot more here we're doing symbolic work a lot people abou 100 for this you will that hundred whoppers that we had last year.

Many want people to beaumont virtually enjoy nothing any kind any way i did ilan you can register at bit.ly /walk 20 and be a part of the walk on the matter where you are.

Are you can join us out.

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I walk through the team will walk but again, it can be a symbolic wanted on that da difficult.

We but in economy september walking we can take a photo and tag on the walk.

The dissipation of the community.

20 to help address the issue ... is a wonderful way that you guys are raising awareness ... tina, thanks so much for talkin to ... thank you so much for having no been out you all have a great day member hunger walk among the different in appalachia, bu the union will do what we can

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