It's something no person wishes for... poverty.

But with the economy the way it is many are feeling the financial squeeze.

And as Joel Runck tells us, one Superior High School student looked to the Osaugie Trail to help the poor one step at a time.

Meet Dan Tracy--a Superior High School senior.

Part of his graduation requirements include completing a project curriculum.

In Dan's case, he chose to focus on service learning.

With the help of the society of St. Vincent de Paul, Dan coordinated the 'Friends of the Poor Walk in Superior.'

"Going and praying with these people and meeting with them and trying to cater to all their needs that is kind of what this society is all about," Tracy said.

The society says they joined 91 other chapters throughout the United States and World today that are holding similar walks.

The event is a first for the organization's 175-year history.

But for Tracy, getting things together in Superior for the four-mile stroll was no small task.

"He had to get a permit from the city in order to have this and that entailed quite a bit because we had to buy insurance," said Patricia Higgins of St. Vincent de Paul.

Organizers say 100 percent of the proceeds go to help those in poverty in the Superior community.

While the skies looked like they could open up any second, the rain held off and the morale remained high.

"I see a lot of people here that we know from church, they're certainly smiling, they're having a good time, it's a worthy cause--we're glad to be here," said Buzz Buczynski, member of Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior.

The U.S. Census Bureau says in 2007, 37.3 million Americans were living in poverty. And these walkers say they're out here today to lower that number.

"A lot of what's going on with the economy and gas prices, you know that number is only going to climb and hopefully with this event, you know we can help diminish that number," said Tracy.

And you don't have to look far to find the problem of poverty.

"Although Superior isn't that big we see a lot of people living in poverty Their sometimes the hidden poor and there's also what we call the working poor... they're... just barely making it one their salary but they're making it," said Higgins.

The society says the Friends of the Poor Walk in Superior raised more than 46- hundred dollars.