Community Corner
West County Walk to End Hunger Draws Hundreds
Hundreds of people walked through Richmond on Saturday during the Harmony Walk to End Hunger in West Contra Costa County.
More than three dozen community groups from West Contra Costa County took part in the 25th Annual Harmony Walk to End Hunger in Richmond Saturday.
The event was hosted by the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP) and sponsored by Chevron to raise funds for the GRIP Family Housing Shelter, which provides emergency and transitional housing, and the SOUPER Center, which provides free meals to an average 80,000 people a year.
Hundreds of participants, including a number from El Cerrito, followed a meandering three-mile-path though central Richmond, escorted by motorcycle officers from the Richmond Police department.
Walkers started the day with a free pancake breakfast at the Richmond Civic Center Plaza and finished with a community fair hosted by KTVU Channel 2 News anchor Kraig Debro. Participants were treated to live music, free refreshments, raffles and the requisite petting zoo.
"GRIP is a great collaboration of over 41 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist congregations working together to address issues of homelessness and social justice," Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia said in a statement.
Participant Walk Teams
Team Good Shepherd UMC
Team Davis Chapel
Kiwanis Club of Richmond
Team Unitarian Universalist
Team Unity Church
Cooperative Federal Credit Union
Adriene Stinson
Contra Costa College Culinary Arts Program
Lovonya Dejean Middle School
Team Chevron Human Energy
Team Callie House
Richmond PALS
Easter Hill United Methodist Church
Team Pinole United Methodist Church
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Mira Vista United Methodist Church
Southside Church of Christ
St. Jerome Catholic Church
Girls Inc of West Contra County
Salesian Boys & Girls Club of West County
Team Salute E Vita Restaurant
Cindy Lao, Kaiser Permanente
Ana Ortega
Vanessa Garcia
Jackie McCoy
Jacqueline Jacobs
Courtney Perry
Southside Church of Christ
Vanessa Garcia
Jackie McCoy
Pat and Rick Loomis
Harriet Paden
Callie House Shelter
Team El Cerrito United Methodist Church
Team Hope Lutheran
