Weekly Update from Mary
Friday, January 17, 2025
NEW DATE FOR 37th WALK FOR HUNGER & 5K RUN
Lutherans have been involved with the Walk For Hunger for 30 years as the AAL Team, AAL/LB Team, Thrivent Team, Lutherans Against Hunger, and now Hunger Warriors…For the last 17 years, Mary Levtzow has been the Captain in charge of getting the message out…The Walk & Run supports the summer work of Hunger Network which has 70 + Food Pantries and hot meal sites.
This year the 37th Annual Walk for Hunger & 5K Run will be on Saturday, May 31, at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with registration starting around 7:15 am; 5K chip-timed runners take off at 8:30 am, and walkers leave around 9 am. Tell your friends about this date change and make this a family event on Saturday, May 31, to make a difference and help others who are facing challenging times to feed their families
I need you to call or e-mail relatives/friends about this Great Event’s Date Change. Help Mary & Chico get the Word OUT to Register and/or Donate to the Hunger Warriors Team for the 37th Annual Walk for Hunger & 5K Run at the Cleveland Zoo on Saturday, May 31.
Registration should be opening soon.
Westlake woman dedicates her life to fighting hunger
On June 2, 2023, Amanda Merrell posted at https://www.news5cleveland.com/a-better-land/westlake-woman-dedicates-her-life-to-fighting-hunger “Westlake woman dedicates her life to fighting hunger” sharing Channel 5’s ‘A Better Land’ series investigating “Northeast Ohio’s deep-seated systemic problems. Additionally, it puts a spotlight on the community heroes fighting for positive change in Cleveland and throughout the region.”
Amanda shares that Mary’s reason for her dedication to helping 20+ Hunger programs across Northeast Ohio including Hunger Network’s Walk For Hunger & 5K Run is “Because Jesus died for us. That’s the whole key. Jesus is the key,…There’s so much need, you’ll never know. There’s just so much. That’s all we see all the time is people in need, therefore you have to meet the need.” Hunger Network’s 2023 Event Coordinator Melanie O’Donnell told Channel 5, “Some people say I wish I could help, or I’ll donate a little bit here,…But Mary dedicates her life to it. I really think it’s her life mission.”
Donate Food
St. Paul Lutheran Hunger Warriors still need Food Donations throughout the summer months; so, let us all try to bring one or two food items when we are able to attend Church this summer: peanut butter, GRAPE JAM, Stew, Corned Beef, WIDE NOODLES, tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, canned vegetables, CANNED SLICED PEACHES, CEREAL, oatmeal variety packs, SPAM, canned Chicken Breast, RAMEN NOODLES, snacks for children. We need the above food items by Thursday, June 20, for the Immanuel Hunger Program Delivery. Bless you for putting the needs of others as a priority.
SPL Hunger Warriors needs food item donations. Please click the button below to see what else needs to be donated!
SPL Hunger Warriors/Hunger Ministry/Mary’s Food Friends – Campaigns in 2024
- January – Immanuel, Redeemer, Trinity
- February – Parma, Trials For Hope, Church of the Ascension
- March – Calvary Lutheran, New Covenant, St. John Nottingham Food Programs
- April – St. Philips Our Daily Bread
- May – Lorain Cooperative Ministry & Redeemer & Immanuel
- June - Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland – 36th Annual Walk for Hunger – Zoo
- July – Lakewood Community Service Center & North Ridgeville Community Care
- August – Westlake Assistance Program & Faith Lutheran
- September – Parma Hunger & Our Savior Mayfield Heights
- October – Royal Redeemer & Zion Painesville & Christians In Action Olmsted Falls
- November - Redeemer, Immanuel, & Trinity
- December – Christ/Our Savior, & 300 each Center (Which Means that we need $7900 in December)
