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By Ron Wylie
More than 2,500 people are expected to demonstrate their
version of "sole power" Saturday during the Lincoln Walk for
Development.
"If the weather holds up and all the people turn out, we can
raise about $25,000," estimated UNL student coordinator Mike
Jank.
Those who do turn out will be faced with an 18-mile course
which leads west from the UNL stadium, turns south to let
marchers pass through Pioneers Park at lunchtime, and finally
winds its way back to the university campus.
Walk for poverty
The walk has been organized locally as a fund raising project to
help overcome problems in domestic and international poverty,
according to Al Norden, pastor at the Lutheran Student Center.
For the fifth year, under the slogan "Put a little heart in your
sole," walkers are asked to fin sponsors who will contribute a set
amount of money per mile walked. Contributions are made to the
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation.
Such contributions are tax deductible, Norden said, adding that
the breakdown of funding distributions shows 42 per cent of the
money received remains for community projects, another 42 per
cent is used for overseas projects and the remaining 16 per cent is
spent for educational programs by the national office of the
foundation.
Norden said the Lincoln walk is being organized by the local
chapter of the Community Hunger Appeal of Church World Service
(CROP).
Most students
Any interested person can participate, Norden said, adding that
most walkers in past years have been students.
A campus organization, the Lincoln Walk for Development
Committee, is also sponsoring the project and hopes to better the
1974 collection by more than $10,000.
Committee members have been distributing 'walk cards' in the
Nebraska Union, according to committee president Jank and
enthusiasm has run high for the project.
"Many people who are interested are a little scared to ask
someone to sponsor them," he said, adding that Lincoln's Sertoma
Club has offered to sponsor any walker who cannot find a sponsor.
Sponsors may be friends, neighbors, businessmen or
organizations. Each walker is expected to return to the sponsor in
the week after the walk to collect the money the sponsor pledged.
Not a race
Jank urged propsective walkers to remember that the event is
not a race, but "a symbol of our commitment to join with the poor
in understanding and eliminating hunger and poverty from our
world.
"Walkers demonstrate their concern to fight hunger," he said,
"but since each must have at least one sponsor, the walker is also
raising money. All walkers must have a 'walk card' to participate."
Organizers said the walk will start at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the
south end of the UNL stadium. The walk will be preceded by a
brief ceremony after registration, they said.
Walkers are asked to bring sunglasses, suntan oil or anything else
they might want for personal convenience. But walkers need not
bring food or water for the 18-mile jaunt, according to organizers,
because sandwiches and water will be provided.
Weather doesn't matter
Organizers also advise prospective walkers to dress for comfort
and safety. The walk will be held regardless of weather, they said.
Walk cards' are still available in any UNL residence hall
cafeteria or at the Walk for Development office in the Union, they
said.
The project will use money collected from the walk to purchase
a van, Jank explained, which will help low-income, handicapped
and elderly people in Lancaster County with such things as grocery
shopping, medical appointments and trips to government agencies.
Another portion of the money collected for iocal use will go to
help support the People's City Mission, he said. The Missions
Family Shelter Program needs to hire someone to help needy
families secure food, clothing, shelter and employment. Walk for
Development funds will be used to find a qualified caseworker,
Jank said.
The idea of walking to raise funds for hunger-relief projects
gained recognition in the early 1960s, Jank said, at the suggestion
of the late president Jolul F. Kennedy .
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