Introducing the Hunger Hike 2018 Co-Chairs Coach Sharon Versyp & Coach David Kucik
The Hunger Hike 2018 co-chairs are Purdue Coaches Sharon Versyp (women’s basketball) & Dave Kucik (men’s & women’s crew & rowing).
Coaches Versyp & Kucik are perfect ambassadors for Hunger Hike. Both have a high standard for their own work, hold their teams to a high standard and have a serious commitment to serving their community — especially in supporting food assistance and nutrition programs. As wonderful role models they will also be engaging the collegiate athletes on their teams in this Hunger Hike event.
Join us THIS Sunday to meet Coaches Sharon Versyp & Dave Kucik and hear their remarks at the Hunger Hike kick-off event at 1:30 p.m. (Riehle Plaza).
Hunger Hike
is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally. Hunger Hike is open to participants of all ages and abilities who share a common goal: Fighting Hunger! The details of the Hunger Hike events are as follows:
Time: 8:00-8:45 a.m. check-in; 9:00 a.m. run starts
Place: Cattail Trail Loop, Celery Bog Nature Area, West Lafayette
Registration Cost: $30 includes T-Shirt
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for your group — student organization, church group, civic group, team or family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any other way you choose.
All Hunger Hike proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry; Food Finders Food Bank, Inc.; and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haitian Ministry. This is YOUR opportunity to support these outstanding local organizations while engaging in a meaningful and fun community event.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike sponsor. For more information on how to become 2018 Event Sponsor, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
Hunger Hike Heroes are individuals who participate in both the HH5K Run on Saturday, September 16 and the Hunger Hike traditional 3K Walk on Sunday, September 17 and raise at least $50.
If you participate in both events on Hunger Hike weekend and raise at least $50 — you will not only get two T-shirts — you will also be recognized as a Hunger Hike HERO.
Take the challenge—Run, Hike, Raise money to Fight Hunger — and become a Hunger Hike HERO!
For more information on Hunger Hike 2017, please visit and explore our new website at www.hungerhike.org.
More information:
Hunger Hike is an annual Fall community fundraising weekend which includes the traditional 3K Walk on Sunday as well as a 5K run on Saturday. This year Hunger Hike is Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17, 2017.
All Hunger Hike proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas Center’s Haitian Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project. Since early 1990s Lafayette Urban Ministry, St. Thomas Aquinas Center and Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. have been organizing a walk to support food programs locally, regionally and globally. Formerly known as the Crop Walk, it was officially renamed Hunger Hike in 1992.
Today, Hunger Hike gives companies, organizations, families & individuals many ways to be a part of a community event with a tremendous positive impact on “Fighting Hunger.”
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally.
HH5K Run — Saturday, September 17
9 a.m. – Celery Bog Nature Area, West Lafayette (Parking at White Horse Christian Center, 1780 Cumberland Avenue)
Get a head start in the race & hike against hunger!
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for your group — student organization, church group, civic group, team or family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any other way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike sponsor. For more information on how to become 2016 Event Sponsor, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
Hunger Hike
Help Us Promote Hunger Hike — Print & post our flier, click HERE.
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally.
HH5K Run — Saturday, September 17
9 a.m. – Celery Bog Nature Area, West Lafayette (Parking at White Horse Christian Center, 1780 Cumberland Avenue)
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for your group — student organization, church group, civic group, team or family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any other way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike sponsor. For more information on how to become 2016 Event Sponsor, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
VOLUNTEER as an individual or a group. If you're signing up your entire group, enter the number of volunteers in the "ITEM QTY" box.
Hunger Hike is an annual community fundraising event whose mission is to raise the awareness of and make a difference in the Fight Against Hunger. Hunger Hike is open to participants of all ages and abilities who share a common goal: Fighting Hunger! The Hunger Hike main event is our annual celebration at [LOCATION TBD] — immediately followed by the 1.5 K Walk. All Hunger Hike Walk proceeds directly support Food Finders Food Bank Inc., Lafayette Urban Ministry, and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haitian Ministry.
Move Supplies: 10:45 am - Noon. Meet at the LUM office at 420 North 4th Street. Help load supplies and transport to [LOCATION TBD], then help with set-up. If you have a car, truck, or van please bring - but all help is greatly appreciated.
Fill water Coolers and bring to[LOCATION TBD] (St. Thomas Aquinas Center, 535 West State Street, West Lafayette)
Set Up - 11:15 am - 12:30. Help set up for Hunger Hike at [LOCATION TBD]. Set up tents, tables, and chairs; build the t-shirt display; stack water and sodas, etc
Check-in & T-shirt Sales- 12:15 - 2:00. Work the donations table. Accept money from donors. Sell t-shirts.
Water Distribution: 12:30 - 3:30. Unpack bottled water - make sure there’s always plenty available for people to grab. If we have soda and chips this year, you’ll be in charge of those as well.
Route Guides - 1:30 - 3:30. You will be assigned a station along the route and provided with a photo and video guide showing you were to stand and where to direct the walkers. Feel free to work the site on your own or bring as many friends as you like to help cheer the walkers on. NOTE - when you sign up, you are signing up for a site. So if you and a friend each sign up, you'll be at two different sites.
Clean-Up - 3:15 - 5:30. Help break everything down, load it up for transportation back to LUM, and unload on the other end. If you have a car, truck, or van please bring it along - but all help is greatly appreciated.
Sign up below...
September 20, 2026
Move Supplies @LUM Office, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette
7 Weeks to Make a Difference: Join Hunger Hike 2026!
For seven weeks, our community will come together with one goal: to fight hunger and ensure that no one goes without food.
Hunger Hike is a joint effort of Food Finders Food Bank, Lafayette Urban Ministry, and St. Thomas Aquinas Haiti Ministry, bringing individuals, families, businesses, schools, and faith communities together to raise awareness and funds to address food insecurity both locally, regionally, and globally.
Starting August 3rd, you’ll have 7 weeks to make a difference.
Here’s how you can help:
• Start a team and invite others to join you. • Raise funds in any fun and creative way you choose. • Make a donation to support the fight against hunger. • Spread awareness about food insecurity in our community.
Every dollar raised helps provide food, hope, and support to neighbors facing hunger.
Then, on September 20, we will gather as a community to celebrate our efforts, participate in the Hunger Hike, and announce the total amount raised through this incredible community-wide campaign.
Together, we can make a lasting impact. Get out there, raise awareness, raise funds, and hike to reduce hunger.
You have 7 weeks to make a difference. Let’s make them count.
Hunger Hike is an annual community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Stand Against Hunger — locally, regionally & globally.
Want to become a fundraiser? Here’s what you need to know to begin raising money in our community’s “stand against hunger.”
Hunger Hike is the perfect event for a team or group — church group, student organization, civic group or your family. Put together a Hunger Hike team and start raising money using our online fundraising site — or any way you choose. We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hunger. Here’s how to get started:
SUPPORT A TEAM – Donate to a Hunger Hike Team, HERE
SUPPORT A HIKER – Donate to a “Hiker,” HERE
EVENT SPONSOR – Become an Event Sponsor, email info@hungerhike.org or call 765-423-2691
DONATE BY MAIL or IN PERSON – Mail in or drop off a donation (Make your check payable to Hunger Hike; Mail or Drop off to — Hunger Hike, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN 47901)
TEXT TO DONATE – Text & make an instant impact—just text HHIKE to 50155
Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. will use these funds to advance its mission of providing food and connections to life-stabilizing resources when neighbors need them most. Through food distribution programs, partnerships with local agencies, and direct food assistance initiatives, Food Finders helps provide nutritious meals and groceries to thousands of children, adults, and seniors throughout north central Indiana.
Lafayette Urban Ministry will use the funds to advance its mission of being a lifeline of help and hope for the people of Greater Lafayette by supporting food, nutrition, and shelter programs that serve unhoused individuals, at-risk children, and working families.
Haiti Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas Center will use the money to provide hybrid seeds, food, clean drinking water, medicine and more to the people of Baudin parish, Haiti.
Hunger Hike Heroes are individuals who participate in both the HH5K Run on Saturday, September 19th and the Hunger Hike traditional 3K Walk on Sunday, September 20th and raise at least $50.
If you participate in both events on Hunger Hike weekend and raise at least $50 — you will not only get two T-shirts — you will also be recognized as a Hunger Hike HERO.
Take the challenge—Run, Hike, Raise money to Fight Hunger — and become a Hunger Hike HERO!
For more information on Hunger Hike 2015, please visit and explore our new website at www.hungerhike.org.
More information:
Hunger Hike is an annual Fall community fundraising weekend which includes the traditional 3K Walk on Sunday as well as a 5K run on Saturday. This year Hunger Hike is Saturday, September 19 & Sunday, September 20, 2015.
All Hunger Hike proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas Center’s Haitian Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project. Since early 1990s Lafayette Urban Ministry, St. Thomas Aquinas Center and Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. have been organizing a walk to support food programs locally, regionally and globally. Formerly known as the Crop Walk, it was officially renamed Hunger Hike in 1993.
Today, Hunger Hike gives companies, organizations, families & individuals many ways to be a part of a community event with a tremendous positive impact on “Fighting Hunger.”
Hunger Hike 2015 is about a month away but funds are starting to trickle in. Several local Corporations have already made donations; and a Solicitation Letter has recently been put in the US mail to individual Hunger Hike supporters. (See above — the Hunger Hike team worked diligently to get this mailer put together and in the mail.) Special thanks to Instant Copy (Lafayette) for donating all of the printing.
You can even give to Hunger Hike at all of your favorite local Subway restaurants — that all have collection boxes set up for their customers (like you) to donate to Hunger Hike. Oh — and there’s one at Jane’s Deli too.
Have YOU started fundraising for Hunger Hike yet?
To reach our goal of $100,000 — we really need YOUR participation. Here is how you can get started in the Fight Against Hunger with Hunger Hike 2015.
Hunger Hike is a community fundraising event whose mission is to Raise Awareness & Make a Difference in the Fight Against Hunger — locally, regionally, & globally. Hunger Hike benefits the Lafayette Urban Ministry Food Programs, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. &
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haiti Ministry.
Hunger Hike is a perfect fundraising event for team or group — like a church group, student organization, organization or your entire family. Form a Hunger Hike team and start raising money for Hunger Hike using our online fundraising site — or any way you choose.
We hope you’ll consider joining our Fight against Hungerat Hunger Hike 2015.
If you are a company owner — you also may become a Hunger Hike event sponsor. If interested, email hungerhike@lumserve.org.
This year Hunger Hike 2015 offers an opportunity for runners to also be a part of the fight against hunger — the HH5K Run — on Saturday, September 19th, one day prior to Hunger Hike (traditional 3K Walk). The HH5K Run is open to runners of all ages and abilities who share a common goal: Fighting Hunger!
The annual HH5K Run will convene at White Horse Christian Center (1780 Cumberland Avenue, West Lafayette) with start/finish in the Celery Bog Nature Area. The 5K route allows participants to run while a scenic route through West Lafayette in early autumn.
Advanced Registration is encouraged but race day walk-ups are welcome.
All HH5K Run proceeds directly support the Lafayette Urban Ministry food assistance programs including the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry, Food Finders Food Bank Inc., and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Haitian Ministry including the Haiti Water Purification Project.
Be a part of the Hunger Hike 5K Run and Race to Feed the Hungry. For more information, route map & online registration form, click HERE.
The Hunger Hike 2018 co-chairs are Purdue Coaches Sharon Versyp (women’s basketball) & Dave Kucik (men’s & women’s crew & rowing).
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