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A walk in the cold to raise awareness and funds toward the goal to end homelessness

Participants in a Winter Walk in greater Boston
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Participants in a Winter Walk in greater Boston

The Winter Walk expands to western Massachusetts

An inaugural walk to raise money and awareness about homelessness is taking place Sunday morning in western Massachusetts.

It is being put on by The Winter Walk, an organization that has hosted a walk in Greater Boston for several years.

The short walk of under 2 miles begins and ends at Court Square in downtown Springfield.

In person registration for the walk opens at 9 a.m. There is a speaking program scheduled to start at 9:30.

All of the funds raised will go to homeless service providers in the region.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Pamela Schwartz, Director of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.