California State University Long Beach - Prospector Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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. . . Nothing is real to us, but hunger. -Kakuzo Okakura Some people care... This year the second annual Long Beach march against hunger raised an estimated $80,000 for use in federal, local and foreign projects. Last year the march financed a hospital in Santo Domingo which specialized in treating diseases resulting from malnutrition. Proceeds from this year's march will be spent on food, clothing, and medical supplies for a Navajo In- dian reservation. Locally, there are proposals to aid the Long Beach free Clinic. Of the 3500 youngsters and adults that begun the 28-mile path from HI Dorado and Recreation Park, half finished, from those that succeeded in conquering the 28 miles, there was one girl on crutches, and another child in a wheel chair arriving late in the evening. Nationally the march against hunger is organ- ized by the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation, which was founded by John F. Kennedy in 1961. Marchers against hunger are working together in hope of satisfying the most basic human need. 25