Main Line Students Fundraise For The Hungry

MERION STATION, PA — Hundreds of Main Line students spent a day walking to raise funds for a hunger-fighting nonprofit group.

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, more than 400 preschool to eighth grade Waldron Mercy Academy students participated in a Walkathon.

The students raised thousands of dollars for the nonprofit Rise Against Hunger.

With the funds generated by the Walkathon, students will purchase food and fill an expected 25,000 packages to be distributed to the world's most vulnerable populations, through Rise Against Hunger.

Last year, packaged were sent to Zambia and South Africa

This year's effort is the fifth time the Walkathon has supported Rise Against Hunger.

The event was held as part of the school’s annual commemoration of Mercy Day, the anniversary of the day when Catherine McAuley opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin in 1827. Mercy Day is commemorated throughout the world at Mercy schools, medical facilities, and myriad other ministries.

“This experience helps our students see that they can be people of Mercy not just for their
school or the greater Philadelphia area, but for those around the world,” said Greg Soltis,
Director of Outreach and Religious Education.