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Along Route 202, St. Anselm students were 'walking the walk' for those in need

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Adrianna Manzi, left, and Father Matthew took a break to chat briefly during the walk from Sanford to Rochester on Wednesday. (Lebanon Voice photo)

LEBANON - Adrianna Manzi was one of 44 Saint Anselm College students walking across Lebanon Wednesday under a blazing sun.

It was part of a Road for Hope trek across 130 miles of Maine and New Hampshire during a grueling eight-day adventure that began in Lewiston and will ends back on their Manchester campus.

Manzi said it was a walk of love and charity that benefits a multitude of programs that help the needy in both states.

Along the way the group has been hosted by a variety of charitable organizations. On Tuesday they were treated to dinner by the Sanford Knights of Columbus.

On Wednesday they were staying at the St. Charles Children's Home in Rochester.

Along the way the walkers will raise more than $24,000 for nine separate charities.

This is the 18th year that Saint Anselm College students, through the Office of Campus Ministry, have made this modern-day pilgrimage, which is also known as the Road for Hope.

Participants walk a route that was the brainchild of Father Seamus Griesbach, a Maine native and Saint Anselm College alumnus, who mapped and walked the road that has evolved into the current-day program.

"We experience the true humility of this effort through physical, mental and spiritual ups and downs," said Katie Gemmell, '17. "Whether in faith or in doubt, all the walkers believe in the way of the walk - knowing that every footstep makes a difference."

The group will return to campus on Saturday.

Maine charities receiving support include Maine's Birthline (Catholic Charities) of Portland, Community Concepts of Lewiston, Good Shepherd Food Bank of Auburn, and Sanford Parent Resources Center in Springvale. New Hampshire charities include: St. Charles Children's Home and the Recreation Arena and Youth Services (both of Rochester); the Candia Moore Drug Awareness Program in Candia; Kids Café in Manchester; and Upreach Therapeutic Riding Center in Goffstown.

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