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Charity walk hopes to combat homelessness WA L K T H E TA L K C H A R I T Y WA L K , N OV. 10 - 19 Hosted by Helping the Hungry Have Hope (H-5) Cost: $30 donation per day Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 10 at the state capitol H-5’s annual Walk the Talk charity walk will raise awareness about Hawai‘i’s homelessness issue. FILE PHOTO/ KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
PAIGE L. JINBO Staff Reporter
Instead of fi xating on the negative aspects of the state’s homeless problem, one group is doing something about it. Hawai‘i Helping the Hungry Have Hope (H-5), an organization committed to providing services to the homeless community, will hold its annual Walk the Talk charity walk this November. For the last six years, H-5 has hosted the charity walk to not only raise awareness of the improvement made in the state’s perennial issue of homelessness, but to also raise money for Hawaii’s hungr y. Walk the Talk is an innovative approach to encourage members of the community to support a
good cause. While most charity walks are usually either a 5K or a 24-hour relay, Walk the Talk is a 10-day walk — Wednesday, Nov. 10 to Friday, Nov. 19 —covering more than 135 miles. The walk coincides with National Homeless Awareness Week. The walk begins at the state capitol on Nov. 10. Over the course of 10 days, participants will march the fl at terrain of Aina Haina and through the valleys of Waimea, and circle back to the state capitol by Nov. 19. For a donation of $30 a day, anyone can come out and participate. W hile it is a 10 -day event, walkers don’t have to participate during each day of the walk. Max Gray, H-5 program coordinator, says that whether participants walk one day or one mile,
it doesn’t matter; the fact that they came out is what counts. However, Gray said that there are many people intending to do the entire walk. T hose who plan to do it in its entiret y have the choice of either leaving at the end of each day and returning in the morning, or staying at the des tination point of the walk for the day. For instance, Day 1 of the walk ends at the Holy Trinit y Church on K alanianaʻole Highway. Walkers will be able to stay overnight at the church until the next round of walking resumes in the morning. A lternatively, they can leave and come back the next morning. All the funds raised by the Walk the Talk charity walk will go to H-5.
H-5 is a non-profit organization dedicated to provide services for homeless men, women and children. In addition to serving more than 3,000 hot meals a month to those in need, H-5 has also placed more than 600 people in permanent housing since 2006. This grassroots organization also developed the fi rst mobile shelter. In 2005, four Roberts Hawaiʻi buses were renovated and turned into homes for 35 people. However, the $50,000 budget that’s usually allotted to them was squashed to zero this year, making it a little more challenging to keep up with the need, Gray said. “ The money is going to an important cause,” he said. “Homelessness is still a prob lem, but with your help we can continue to fight it.”
DAY 1, N OV. 10 : State capitol to ‘Āina-Haina — 12.51 miles DAY 2 , N OV. 11: Hawai‘i Kai to Waimānalo — 11.84 miles DAY 3, N OV. 12 : Waimānalo to Kahalu‘u — 13.59 miles DAY 4 , N OV. 13: Kahalu‘u to Hau‘ula — 15.07 miles DAY 5, N OV. 14 : Hau‘ula to Waimea Bay — 15.21 miles DAY 6, N OV. 15: Waimea Bay to Camp Mokule‘ia — 11.2 miles DAY 7, N OV. 16: Camp Mokule‘ia to Yokohama Bay — 9.09 miles DAY 8, N OV. 17: Yokohama Bay to Nanakuli — 14.81 miles DAY 9, N OV. 18: Nānākuli to Aiea — 18.11 miles DAY 10, N OV. 19: ‘Aiea to state capitol — 9.91 miles