Jamaican Olympian and South Florida Residents to Stomp Out Hunger with Food For The Poor at T.Y. Park

COCONUT CREEK – Jamaican Olympic medal winner Yohan Blake will lead Food For The Poor’s 5K Walk/Run For Hunger on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 8 a.m. at T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park in Hollywood, Fla. Last year, approximately 1,000 participants were motivated to cross the finish line by Blake and Jason Martinez, co-anchor for WPLG-TV ABC Local 10 Morning News and Local 10 News at Noon.

Jamaica’s new Consul General to Miami, Franz Hall, and Jamaican Diaspora members are among those South Floridians that have pledged to walk or run to raise money to feed starving children in the Caribbean and Latin America.

For more information about the 5K Walk/Run For Hunger, please call 954-427-2222, ext. 6854.

Registration starts at 7 a.m., the walk/run begins at 8 a.m. and the awards ceremony is at 9 a.m. Parking is free. To participate, you can register and donate online at www.FoodForThePoor.org/walk.

A generous donor has agreed to match every dollar raised with an additional dollar’s worth of food.