The Walk Against Hunger raises funds for more than 100 food pantries, soup kitchens and other hunger-relief agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey.

These important programs keep people from going hungry every day.

Last year, in the city of Philadelphia alone:

• 316,861 people went to a food pantry for help. More than one-third of them were children.
• 57% of food pantries had to cut back on the amount of food they gave out
• 48% were forced to turn people away