Soup kitchen hails record turnout for Morristown Hunger Walk

Team Sole Sisters pose for a photo opp before the walk. Lily from Randolph organized the team and also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Team Sole Sisters pose for a photo opp before the walk. Lily from Randolph organized the team and also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
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Team Sole Sisters pose for a photo opp before the walk. Lily from Randolph organized the team and also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Team Sole Sisters pose for a photo opp before the walk. Lily from Randolph organized the team and also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Photo by Jeff Sovelove

By Jeff Sovelove

The Morristown Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center enjoyed a perfect fall day and a record turnout for its 20th annual Hunger Walk fundraiser on Sunday.

Handing out balloons at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Handing out balloons at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove

More than 1,000 walkers registered for the event, said Julie Hess, Hunger Walk coordinator, who was confident the nonprofit would hit its goal of $100,000.

UPDATE: On Wednesdsay, the soup kitchen said it had raised more than $88,000. Donations still are being accepted  here.

Each walker or group received a story card telling the personal story of a soup kitchen guest.

“It helps everyone to understand poverty on a personal level, which is especially difficult in such an affluent area. We tend to think the it doesn’t exist here but it does and we need to see it,” Hess said.

It’s a good message to take to heart as we head toward winter, an especially hard season for the hungry and the homeless.

Slideshow photos by Jeff Sovelove
Team Sole Sisters pose for a photo opp before the walk. Lily from Randolph organized the team and also volunteers at the soup kitchen. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Handing out balloons at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Registration at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Registration at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Registration at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Julie Hess, right, Hunger Walk coordinator, talks with Vivian de Los Santos before the walk. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Registration at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
Registration at the Hunger Walk 2016. Photo by Jeff Sovelove
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  1. GOOD TO SEE A COMMUNITY PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. WAY TO GO MORRISTOWN AND SOUP KITCHEN!

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