Help support your neighbors in need by giving to the Hike Against Hunger
Each year we put our physical and mental capacities to the test and embark on the Hike Against Hunger at The Grand Canyon. This year we are working to raise $50,000 to combat food insecurity and to address the needs are neighbors are facing in accessing social and mental health services that can help them move towards self-sufficiency. Will you help us reach our goal?
How It Works
The hike takes about 25 miles from the south rim to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. A group of compassionate adventurers who want to bring awareness to the pressing issues of food insecurity and limited access to social and mental health resources for our KC neighbors with low incomes join together to make the journey.
Hikers are challenged to each raise $5,000 in sponsorships for the hike. Maybe your company or family wants to support this adventure! That $5,000 will help with: case management services and hard costs for ID and document assistance and housing stability services; covering the cost of women’s therapy support groups focussed on addressing trauma; ensuring that our neighbors who are hungry have access to healthy lunches through Thelma’s Kitchen; and so much more. We are also looking for business sponsorships and/or monthly donors to help us make our $50,000 goal.
Fr. Justin Mathews, RS Executive Director, said of the hike last year that the intensity of the hike gave him deep, visceral empathy for what people living in poverty and dealing with the effects of trauma experience every day. “The reality in that suffering for me was that I couldn't think. I was trying really hard to think, to pray, to work through some things, but I couldn't think of anything but one foot in front of the other. It really reminded me of our neighbors who are struggling to survive and succeed. And how hard it is to just make those basic daily decisions when you're suffering, especially physically in pain or suffering from trauma,” he said.
CLICK HERE to hear more of his conversation with Dr. Paul Chan about their hike reflections from 2020.
This year’s sponsors (so far!):
Interested in sponsoring the hike?
Email Jodi Mathews for more info, or CLICK HERE.
