Delta 2000 is sponsoring the 21st annual East County Hunger Walk on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Contra Loma Park beginning at 8:30 a.m. The 2½-mile walk is the oldest grassroots effort to raise funds for East County food closets and pantries. 

The first 140 walkers who bring $20 in pledges and donations will receive a Hunger Walk T-shirt, compliments of Sutter Delta Medical Center. Last year, walkers raised nearly $10,000 for 12 food closets from Bay Point to Brentwood.

The East Bay Regional Park District has waived park fees for participants. Sponsors also include AccuPay Systems, Inc., Criterion Catalysts, Dow Chemical, GWF Power Systems, IBEW Local 302, John Muir/Mt. Diablo Community Health Alliance, Kaiser Permanente, Mirant, Pleasant Hill Bayshore Disposal, USS Posco, PG&E, Contra Costa Newspapers, Albert Seeno Construction, Supervisor Federal Glover, Tri Delta Transit, Beswick Foundation, Bay Area Junior League, Antioch Press, Brentwood Press and Ready Print.

For more information, call 925-779-1404 or log on to www.delta2000.org.