“Walk for Warmth” walk and luncheon to benefit families in need
Communities around mid-Michigan will participate in “Walk for Warmth” to help families in need during the winter months.
EightCAP Inc., a community-based and Head Start agency, sponsors the annual walking event to help raise money for families in Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella and Montcalm counties.
The event will take place on two separate dates in different Alma and Greenville locations.
On Feb. 18, people will gather at 10:30 a.m. at Alma First Church of God. The walk will start at the church and route to downtown Alma, where a soup and bread lunch will be served.
The Greenville “Walk for Warmth” will be at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 25, starting at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Walkers will travel around Baldwin Lake, and finish again with a soup and bread lunch.
Both luncheons will include a cook-off, where participants can vote for their favorite chili or soup. Registration and pledge information can be found at 8cap.org.
Dan Petersen, president of EightCAP Inc., said the sole purpose of “Walk for Warmth” is to help families in the four counties stay warm and help their basic housing needs throughout the winter months.
“Students who go to Central Michigan University know the importance of education, and finding ways to stay out or get out of poverty,” Petersen said. “That’s what the focus of ‘Walk for Warmth’ is — to enable folks to have their basic needs and allow them to take steps to achieve that economic self-sufficiency.”
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