Calgary food insecurity awareness walk raises funds for charity [Video]

Hundreds of Calgarians gathered together on Thanksgiving Monday to fight food insecurity with a charity walk for The Calgary Food Bank.

The walk started at Peace Park on the corner of Eighth Street and Second Avenue S.W. at 8 a.m.

“Today is about raising funds and raising awareness about food insecurity and the amazing work that the Calgary Food Bank does,” said organizer Doug Lavoie.

“It’s a seven-kilometre loop, and people are welcome to do one loop, two loops, three loops – the whole purpose of it was making it all-inclusive.”

Lavoie says by 8 a.m., $347,000 had already been raised, a huge increase from the walk’s $138,000 in fundraising in 2023.

“Food insecurity affects all of us directly or indirectly,” he said.

It’s a sentiment Melissa From, president and CEO of the Calgary Food Bank, agrees with.

“Just about everyone knows someone who’s using the Food Bank, you just don’t realize it,” she said. “One of …