Hike for the Homeless 2009

Folks in Brewer came together Saturday to do their part to help those without a place to sleep at night. Hundreds of walkers showed up for the Hike for the Homeless, which stepped off from the Cianchette Building.

Hikers collected pledges...and all the money will support the homeless
in greater Bangor...specifically at the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter. Staffers there provide shelter, hot meals and crisis intervention.

State and federal funds only provide about a quarter of the Shelter's annual budget of 500-thousand dollars. Donations are what keep it afloat.

"It's huge. It's extremely important to the shelter in terms of what they need for operation. Our goal this year was $50,000 so between the hike and the raffle, I think we might make it."

The Brewer walkers met up with walk teams from Bangor, Hampden and Veazie along the waterfront at the end of the hike.