Shrewsbury residents participated in the 2012 Walk for Hunger. They joined 43,000 other walkers and volunteers who raised $3.6 million to fund more than 450 food programs that protect the individual and strengthen our community food security.

Shrewsbury residents Jeremy Mularella, Matt Freeman, and Matt Bowers teamed up for Project Bread’s 44^th Walk for Hunger. They walk with the “OMS 8 Gold” team that raised more than $7,000 to fund 450 food programs that protect the individual and strengthen our community food security.

Shrewsbury residents Delores and Victoria Fields Long completed Project Bread’s 44^th Walk for Hunger.

As the state’s leading anti-hunger organization, Project Bread is dedicated to alleviating, preventing, and ultimately ending hunger in Massachusetts. Through The Walk for Hunger, the oldest continual pledge walk in the country, Project Bread provides millions of dollars each year in privately donated funds to support hunger relief through emergency programs, schools, summer food programs, community health centers, farmers’ markets, community suppers, home care organizations, and other programs that protect the individual and strengthen our community food security.

The walk’s flagship sponsor is Freihofer’s Baking Company; its participating sponsors include Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, and Raytheon Company. For more information, visit www.projectbread.org, www.facebook.com/projectbread, or www.twitter.com/walkforhunger.