by KYW’s Michelle Durham

Thousands of people packed the Art Museum area for a walk and run to fight against Hunger.

More than 316,000 residents in the area received help from a food pantry in 2009 and the number of people who need help is growing.

The 14th Annual 5K walk and run and it raises money for more than 100 Food pantries, soup kitchens and other agencies in our area like the Food Bank of South Jersey.

Mario Partee works there:

Congress must ensure that all children in the U.S. have access to year-round nutrition.

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by KYW's Karin Phillips

Demand is increasing for area soup kitchens and food pantries as organizers get ready for next month's Walk Against Hunger.

The 14th annual Walk Against Hunger happens on April 10th and can't come soon enough for hundreds of soup kitchens, food pantries and other feeding organizations who depend on the proceeds of the walk and run to fund their operations for the next year.

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Executive Director, Carey Morgan discusses "Hunger in America" along with Mariana Chilton, public health professor at Drexel University, and Tianna Gaines, a participant in Chilton's "Witness to Hunger" project. The project documents the lives of mothers struggling with hunger through compelling personal photos and first-person accounts.

For the past 13 years, the Walk Against Hunger has brought together thousands of individuals to raise money for food pantries, soup kitchens and hunger-relief agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey. With a record number of people seeking food assistance over the past year, this year’s event needs more support than ever.

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