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BIKE FOR BREAD is a
non-profit organization
based in Willimantic,
Connecticut run by local
volunteers whose mission
is to increase social
awareness and raise
money to help those in
need. Proceeds
benefit Connecticut soup
kitchens and food banks.
Because it is run
entirely by volunteers,
Bike for Bread has no
overhead costs and all
money raised goes
directly to helping the
hungry.
Living in one of the
wealthiest states in one
of the wealthiest
countries in the world,
people too often assume
that the issue of hunger
doesn’t exist here.
Unfortunately, it does.
According to Connecticut
Food Bank statistics, in
our state alone, 350,000
people are hungry or
food insecure at some
point during the year.
Forty percent of these
people are children.
Since its start in 1996,
Bike for Bread has
raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars for
those in need in
northeastern
Connecticut.
The volunteers of Bike For
Bread are familiar faces in the community who see those in need
rising in number. These are not faceless people, but
rather friends and neighbors. We need to help.
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