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Hearts & Minds -
Information for
ChangeSM
Think Globally, Walk
LocallySM
Hearts & Minds’
End Poverty WalkathonSM |
For Immediate Release
Hearts & Minds, a New York City-based
nonprofit, will have its third End Poverty Walkathon
on Sunday, November 8, 2009. Participants will walk to help end
extreme poverty around the world. Why your help is
important
Participating walkers help support the most achievable
and sustainable program to end global poverty. The program asks each of the
wealthy nations to contribute 1.5 percent of their national income (GDP) to
end extreme poverty - the same percent given to the Marshall Plan. That
changed the course of history for impoverished Western Europe after World
War II. Hearts & Minds’
End Poverty Campaign program is
comprehensive and ambitious. It includes free and fair trade, debt
forgiveness, disease prevention, micro loans for the very poor to start
their own small businesses, and many other social entrepreneurship
innovations. All this is helped by a greatly expanded Peace Corps.
These low-cost, proven methods work directly with
those in need, bypassing corrupt and inefficient bureaucracies. Solutions of
this kind have already helped millions of people lift themselves from
poverty.
The New York City event
Those near New York City residents can join Hearts & Minds on
November 8,
2009
for the 10K
(6.2 mile) walk in Manhattan on the West Side. The route is in the beautiful
Hudson River Park along the Hudson
River in Manhattan. It includes great views of the river, historic buildings and more.
Contact them
for details.
“We're very excited about these Walkathons,” says
President and Founder, Bill Blackman. “They're our biggest events of the
year.”
Walkers pass many interesting sights, including
sculptures, museums, parks and spectacular views. Every walker receives a
guide to points of interest along the way.
People can also participate
from anywhere. They can contact Hearts & Minds at 1-212-280-0333 or
mail@change.net to help organize or
just to walk.
Join the End Poverty Walkathon.
Hearts & Minds is an all-volunteer, nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization founded in 1996. More than 8.5 million people have already
downloaded over 32 million online articles from their website.
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