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It’s not too late! Join or support our Walk for Good Food team!

May2

#Walk4GoodFood #W4GF

To join Team OKT, click here or email media@OKTjustice.org

We believe it’s possible.
That’s why we walk.
Share the vision.
Walk with us.

The Access Walk for Good Food is an annual 5k walk in Grand Rapids. The goal of the Walk is to fund non-profit organizations that address issues of food access and poverty. Our Kitchen Table has been chosen as a recipient agency. Money OKT receives from the Walk will help fund the Southeast Area Farmers’ Market, a walkable neighborhood market in a Grand Rapids neighborhood with little access to healthy, fresh foods.

OKT’s work, and the work of the other 13 recipient organizations aligns with the definition of Good Food, which is food that is:

  • Healthy (provides nourishment and enables people to thrive)
  • Fair (no one along the production line was exploited during its creation)
  • Affordable (All people have access to it)
  • Green (produced in an environmentally sustainable manner)

The work of the recipient organizations ranges from community gardening and urban farming, nutrition programs, food pantries and meal programs, to food justice and community development initiatives. Our collaborative work has a vision of a thriving Good Food system for all people.

The Walk brings non-profit organizations, businesses, congregations, farms, and individuals together to bring awareness of the great work happening in our community to address food access and poverty. By walking together we unite in vision of a Good Food system for all and broaden our shared impact for social good. Over the last 42 years, the Walk has raised over millions of dollars for dozens of local and international non-profit organizations.

What if everyone in our community could have equal access to food that nourishes, creates good jobs, is affordable, and treats the earth well as it is produced? What if non-profit organizations, businesses, congregations, farms, and individuals could come together to achieve this vision?

Please support OKT in the #Walk4GoodFood

Apr23

Please support the Walk for Good Food! The Southeast Area Farmers’ Market is one of the recipients of Walk funds — and OKT manages the market! Open from the July through November at Grand Rapids’ Martin Luther King Jr. Park, our market ‘s vendors are primarily women of color from Grand Rapids’ Southeast neighborhoods. Most of our sales are completed with food assistance dollars.

Because the market takes part in the Double Up Food Bucks program,  our patrons using SNAP benefits can purchase twice as much fresh, local produce. This means that our neighbors with income challenges can feed their households even more nutritious food –even though they live in neighborhoods that otherwise have very limited access to healthy foods.

When you support the walk you support the market. You can join the OKT walk team or pledge your support through an online donation here. The donate button is near the top of the page on the left. The Join Team button is below the OKT photos. OKT also seeks corporate and business donors for the event. Download the corporate sponsor packet here.

SUNDAY, MAY 5th, 2PM TO 4PM: IN-PERSON KICK OFF AT Richmond Park!
This year’s event will include an in-person kick-off event at Richmond Park (1101 Richmond St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504). The event will include t-shirt pick-up, light refreshments, a walking route, and children’s activities. Stay tuned as more details will be shared such as maps and volunteer opportunities.

MAY 5 – MAY 15: WALK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
In the past three years we’ve found that many loved engaging in the Walk by gathering in their own community or walking on their own. You and/or your team do not have to attend the in-person event to participate.

#Walk4GoodFood 2024

Apr9
Our Kitchen Table is now recruiting walkers to join our 2024 #Walk4GoodFood team. You can walk with us the day of the event 
To join OKT’s Walk Team, click here! Or email media@OKTjustice.org.

West Michigan is brimming with food assistance organizations, but our community continues to acknowledge “hunger” as a constant threat to children, families, and seniors. We need a new approach — a thriving community where all residents have access to healthy and affordable local food. This is why we walk.

Today’s the last day to #Walk4GoodFood

May17

Click on the link to join or donate to OKT’s Walk team.

Our sights are set on transforming West Michigan’s food system to become increasingly reflective of Good Food values with the belief that this transformation will uproot systemic poverty and lead to lasting change. 

Invest in transformative change with us

As we enter our final day of the Walk for Good Food, ACCESS has reached 70% of its fundraising goal of $90,000. With your help, we can cross the finish line and provide needed support for Access and nine additional organizations (listed below) that are working to ensure all people have access to good food in our community.

This year’s event supports Access of Walk Michigan plus nine additional good food organizations: H.O.P.E. Gardens, Kent County Food Policy Council, Our Kitchen Table, Mindset Meals, New City Neighbors, SECOM, UCOM, The Other Way Ministries, and Trinity United Methodist Church Community Ministries Program. Together, we can ensure all people have access to good food.

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Please join or donate to OKT’s #Walk4GoodFood team!

Apr5

What if everyone in our community could have equal access to food that nourishes, creates good jobs, is affordable, and treats the earth well as it is produced?

We believe it’s possible. 

Please join OKT from May 7 – May 17 for the 46th Annual Walk for Good Food as we continue to work to transform our food system together. By walking, raising funds, and donating, you support Access of West Michigan plus ten local organizations working to create a Good Food System for everyone in our community! Here’s who th Walk is supporting this year:

H.O.P.E. Gardens, Kent County Food Policy Council, Our Kitchen Table, Mindset Meals, New City Neighbors, SECOM, UCOM, The Other Way Ministries, and Trinity United Methodist Church Community Ministries Program. 

May 7: In-Person Kick Off at Mulick Park

This year’s event will include an in-person kick-off event at Mulick Park (1632 Sylvan Ave SE, 49506) from 2 to 4pm. The event will include t-shirt pick up, light refreshments, routes for walking, and children’s activities. Stay tuned as more details will be shared in the days to come.

May 7-17: Walk in your Neighborhood

Walkers have loved engaging in the Walk by gathering in their own community or walking on their own. Members of OKT’s walk team do not have to attend the in-person event to participate.

Click here to join or donate to OKT’s Walk team. Every penny raised for or donated to our team will support the Southeast Area Farmers Market.

#Walk4GoodFood 2023

Feb7

Thank you Access of West Michigan!

Our Kitchen Table has again been chosen as a recipient of funds raised by the Access of West Michigan Walk for Good Food. OKT uses these funds to support the operations of the Southeast Area Farmers Market. Stay tuned to learn how you can support the 2023 Walk for Good Food by joining a walk team, donating to OKT’s team, or becoming an OKT corporate walk sponsor.

Please support the Walk for Good Food! 

Apr22

#Walk4GoodFood

As food justice activists across the nation begin to look at root causes of hunger and under-nutrition, they are beginning to address the injustices in the food system that make food charity a necessity. Access of West Michigan has been on the leading edge of this movement, as is reflected in the name they’ve given their annual fund-raising walk, The Walk for Good Food.

Please support the Walk for Good Food! The Southeast Area Farmers’ Market is one of the recipients of Walk funds — and OKT manages the market! Open from the first Saturday in July to the second Saturday in November at Grand Rapids’ Martin Luther King Jr. Park, our market ‘s vendors are primarily women of color from Grand Rapids’ Southeast neighborhoods. Most of our sales are completed with food assistance dollars. Because the market takes part in the Double Up Food Bucks program,  our patrons using SNAP benefits can purchase twice as much fresh, local produce. This means that our neighbors with income challenges can feed their households even more nutritious food –even though they live in neighborhoods that otherwise have very limited access to healthy foods.

When you support the walk you support the market. JOIN TEAM OKT  or pledge your support through an online donation. OKT also seeks corporate donors to be our sponsors for the event. Download the corporate sponsor packet here.

Do your part for the Southeast Area Farmers Market!

Apr5

#Walk4GoodFood

On May 1 – May 11, you can walk in your neighborhood as part of Team OKT on the 45th Annual Walk for Good Food. Please join us as we work to transform our food system. By walking or donating, you will raise funds that directly support the Southeast Area Farmers Market and help create a Good Food System for everyone in our community. 

May 1: In-Person Kick Off at Briggs ParkThis year’s event will include an optional in-person kick-off event at Briggs Park (324 Knapp St NE, 49505) from 2 to 4pm. The event will include t-shirt pick up, light refreshments, routes for walking, and children’s activities. Stay tuned as more details will be shared in the days to come.

May 1-11: Walk in your Neighborhood Over the past two years we’ve found that many loved engaging in the Walk by gathering in their own community or walking on their own. So, we have started a new tradition! When you join Team OKT, you not have to attend the in-person event to participate. SIGN UP TODAY!  Visit the Walk website to learn more about the event or click below to get started.

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