Walking to Raise Money for Cancer Research

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Here is a fun pick-me-up story. Joe McHugh of Westfield, Maine walked from Maine to Boston for charity. What makes the story even more inspiring is that he did so recently with three friends – and their fathers did the same walk in 1973. The walk in 1973 raised money for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber center for cancer research. The current walk was intended to raise money for the same causes, and had already raised more than $20,000 when they started walking.

In 1973, it all started because David McHugh, now 85, had a hernia operation and was told to walk more. He decided that if he was going to start walking, he would do so for charity. Together with three friends, they walked from Maine to Fenway Park in four days while raising $18,000 for Dana Farber and the Jimmy Fund.

Certainly, their children are hoping to double what the dads raised all those years ago.

New Cookbook Helps Immigrants

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Here is a nice idea to get behind – while also enjoying some delicious food. Immigrant Pathways Colorado has created a new cookbook called Together at the Table. It has recipes from around the world, and includes some recipes from immigrants they have already helped in the past. The charity was founded by Susan Thornton who says, “Yes, many of our foods are different, many of our recipes are different, but when we make them and we sit down to eat together the world comes together. People start to understand each other.”

The money that they raise from the book will be put towards the One-Immigrant-At-A-Time program. This provides self-development grants to legal immigrants and to refugees and asylum seekers. Learn more about the cookbooks and get your copy today!