Event Information:

The Walk to End Hunger is an initiative developed to raise awareness and funds in order to end hunger in the nine-county metro area of Minnesota by 2013. We also seek to gather thousands of non-perishable food items for hunger relief organizations in the Twin Cities. It provides the public with a meaningful, accessible, family-friendly opportunity to contribute to this important cause that addresses the most basic of human needs - hunger.

Walk to End Hunger: Thanksgiving Day Morning, Thursday, November 26, 2009 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Best Buy® Rotunda in the Mall of America®.

• 7:00 to 9:30 a.m. Open Registration
• 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. Walk (the 5K route takes less than 2 hours for the average walker to complete; walkers can walk as much or as little as they like). Activities and entertainment will take place at locations around the Walk route.
• 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Program and Entertainment at the Main Stage in Best Buy Rotunda.

Food Drive: Nonperishable food items will be collected during the event. Food will be distributed to local food shelves by the Emergency Foodshelf Network.

Phone-A-Thon: Please call (952) 406-8214 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2009. Volunteers will be standing by to take phone donations throughout the event. All proceeds will be distributed to the participating Hunger Initiative partners.

Promotional Video: Fox 9, one of the sponsors of the Walk to End Hunger, has produced a promotion piece for the event. Please click here to view it.

2008 Event Photos: Please click here to view photos of the 2008 Walk to End Hunger.