Hunger Walk Run, benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank, will be noon-4 p.m. March 12 at The Home Depot Backyard, 1 Backyard Way, Atlanta.

The run also will be held virtually on the same day on your own time.

Funds raised will help provide food for the one in nine Georgians who are at risk of missing a meal each day.

The Atlanta Community Food Bank distributes 93 million meals a year throughout 29 Georgia counties to 700 nonprofit partner feeding programs in metro Atlanta.

Register before noon March 10 at acfb.org.

Participants can still register on-site the day of the event starting at noon by visiting the registration tent.

All walk-up registrants must sign a waiver to participate.

More details can be found at bit.ly/3KdKtdN for frequently asked questions or facebook.com/atlfoodbank.

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2024, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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