Walkers Converging

on the RI State House    

31st Annual

Good Friday

Walk For Hunger

and

 Homelessness

 

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  Dear Friends,

  Won’t you join us for our 31st Annual Good Friday Walk on April 10th?  Make this your own spiritual discipline this year while raising

  funds to help hungry and homeless people – and invite others to join you from your church, school, and workplace. 

 

Choose your starting point from the list of Stepping Out Sites in the greater Providence area.  We will step out from area churches/organizations at 9:00 a.m. and walk to the State House in time for a rally at 11:00 a.m.  Now is the time to plan to walk. The more walkers we have and the more sponsors each walker has, the more money we will raise to help agencies meet food and shelter needs.  And the more people will be spiritually enriched….

 

Packets are available (from St. Michael’s Church on Oxford Street and the Rhode Island State Council of Churches on Niantic Avenue) to help you to get started.  Besides the band-aid, you will find the following helpful information:

 

            + Why Do We Walk? (pink)                                        + Sponsor Sheet (sample)

            + Frequently Asked Questions (peach)                         + Walker sign Up Sheet

+ How to Walk a Good Friday Walk (yellow)              + Bulletin Inserts (copy ready

            + Fund Distributions in 2008 (green)                                for your newsletter or church bulletin)

+ Matching Gift Companies (back of green)                  + Contribution Envelopes (available in            

+ 2009 Talking Points (blue)                                            quantities as needed for donations)

+ Stepping Out Sites (lilac)                                         

                                                                                                                               

(You may photocopy these materials, download them from the website, or call Betsy Garland at 463-8697(cell)

to arrange for pick-up or delivery of additional supplies.)

 

We encourage you to be CREATIVE!  If you can’t find walkers, have a BAKE SALE or a CAR WASH and contribute the money raised.  You might even take a SPECIAL COLLECTION.  If your organization has a banner, bring it along on GOOD FRIDAY.

 

The Walk is supported by a broad cross-section of religious denominations and communities, schools, nonprofit organizations, and businesses.  Whether this is your 1st, 2nd, or 31st WALK, please join us in this commitment to help hungry and homeless people — not just locally, but internationally.   

 

We are counting on your participation in the 2009 WALK!

 

Faithfully,         

 

Rev. Betsy Aldrich Garland                                          

Walk President                                                

 

Annual Good Friday Walk

P.O. Box 72830, Providence, RI  02907   401-781-7210

 

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