Walk on the Wild Side 2025 supporting Portland Backpack
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Walk on the Wild Side 2025 supporting Portland Backpack
About Walk on the Wild Side 2025 with Portland Backpack presented by Hampton Lumber
Let's walk on the Wild Side!
Join us on June 14th, 2025 at the Oregon Zoo and support Portland Backpack with a Walk on the Wild Side.
Grab your best costume and gather your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers for a walk through the incredible ambiance of the Oregon Zoo while learning about food insecurity, food access, and how we can all help make sure the kids we see every day, eat every day!
Portland Backpack will have the zoo to ourselves for the morning and we'll enjoy games, a scavenger hunt, music, fun, and more! Come out and connect with our supporters, kids, and community while we tackle hunger in our city. The walk route through the zoo is less than 3/4 of a mile on accessible trails. Each walker will also receive a ticket to enjoy the zoo for the entire day!
Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, Hampton Lumber, all proceeds from this charity walk will go directly to support feeding 1330+ elementary school children at risk of hunger in 15 local Title 1 elementary schools.
We'll have snacks, drinks, t-shirts, a care card station, and a scavenger hunt with prizes!
Let's walk together to nourish the future of our communities and show kids we care.
Contact Janice at janice@portlandbackpack.org with any questions.
Date
Starts at: June 14, 2025 8:30 AM
Ends at: June 14, 2025 11:30 AM
Location
Oregon Zoo
4001 Southwest Canyon Road
Portland,OR 97221 USA
Contact
Janice Miller
janice@portlandbackpack.com
Why we walk
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Countless studies have shown that stress and worry caused by food insecurity limits a child’s ability to learn, impacts their health and can cause behavioral issues for them at school and within their families. Portland Backpack has a simple solution: put food directly into kids’ hands.
Our mission is to serve children who are at risk of hunger by providing food sacks for weekend days when food scarcity is higher. We believe that engaging the community in our efforts creates a greater impact that reaches beyond reducing hunger.
