Focus: HOPE Marches On

Focus: HOPE Marches On

Focus: HOPE will sponsor a Walkalong -- an eight-mile march to raise funds for the organization's programs against hunger, ignorance and racism. Groups from throughout the metropolitan area will converge on the State Fairgrounds Sunday, October 27 at 1:00 pm.

Focus: HOPE was founded in the wake of the 1967 Detroit rebellion by a coalition of concerned citizens with the purpose of removing the effects of racism and to foster integration as an ideal and a reality.

Since its inception Focus: HOPE has concentrated on three basic areas: employment, housing and education.

Focus: HOPE is working with hundreds of volunteers involved in a Food Prescription Program which distributes food to low-income, chronically undernourished mothers, infants and preschool children -- reaching 18,000 monthly.

Each participant in the Walkalong is asked to obtain sponsorship from friends and merchants who pledge an agreed-upon amount of money for each mile walked. For further information, call 883-7440.