A WALK TO REMEMBERBy Kristina D’Arcangelo

English 101Professor David DiSarro

THE FACTSThe Walk for Hunger is a twenty mile walk throughout Boston to raise funds to fight starvation. Also known as project: bread.The proceeds go to needy families.Sponsors can donate an amount of money of their choice or a certain amount of money for every mile walked.

I thought to myself, “If my younger sister Sara’s doing it this year, I will never hear the end of it from

Mom and Dad. Maybe I’ll just

walk a few miles.”

“Tina get up and make yourself for once! The whole family is going to

walk around the neighborhood and try to raise money, and I want you to be a part of it this

year!” my mother scolded.

I CAN REMEMBER STARTING AT MY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE NEXT DOOR, WHEN A GINORMOUS GUST OF CHILLING

WIND BLEW MY PAMPHLET OUT OF MY HANDS. I BEGAN CHASING AFTER MY PAPERS THINKING, “I KNEW THIS

WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA.”

I could not believe that people were still contributing even after they had

already donated to my four other family members. I also asked some of my

teachers, all of which donated as well.

I can remember walking along the Charles River in a torrential downpour with

blustering winds forcing the rain to go sideways. I had a numbing chill throughout

my entire body. I kept forcing myself to think, “You’re doing the right thing. People die every day from hunger, and the rain is

not going to kill you.”

That extremely lengthy walk has shaped me. I realized that I had taken my comfortable life for granite. It takes courage and devotion for someone to give up their own time and money for a needy person; but if you put yourself in someone less fortunate’s shoes your mind would change too. At first, I thought twenty miles was unbearable, but after accomplishing it I realized that starvation was much more intolerable than walking. My family stills walks The Walk for Hunger every year, as well as volunteers at the local food pantry and participates in Comcast Cares Day every year.

Images: Microsoft office clip art 2010,

retrieved on 22 Jan 2013

Google Images. Charles River, Boston. Retrieved on 13

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Google images. Walk for hunger, Boston. Retrieved on 13

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