Health & Fitness
CROP Hunger Walk: “Ending Hunger One Step at a Time”
This article is about the annual Church World Service sponsored CROP Walk. This years walk is May 5th, and sponsored by 7 local Royal Oak churches.
This year Royal Oak and some 2,000 other cities and towns nationwide are joining
together in interfaith community CROP Hunger Walks around the theme, “Ending
hunger one step at a time”. These walks are open to everyone and occur on various Sunday’s throughout the year. CROP Hunger Walks are community fundraising events sponsored by Church World Service (CWS), an international relief, development, and refugee resettlement agency. Money raised by CROP Hunger Walks nationwide is used by CWS to provide food, medical care, disaster relief and self-help development for needy people around the world.
Royal Oak CROP Walks began in 1986, making this year’s walk the 28th Annual walk. The 2013 Royal Oak CROP walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 5th at 1:30 pm, starting from First Presbyterian church (Corner of 6th Street and Hendrie Blvd.) This year’s walk is sponsored by the following Royal Oak churches:
- First United Methodist
- First Presbyterian
- Good Shepherd Lutheran
- St John Episcopal
- First Congregational
- Royal Oak Missionary
- St Mary’s Catholic
Last year’s walk, with 9 Royal Oak area church sponsors, raised $9,985. Each year 25% of monies raised by the Royal Oak CROP Walk are distributed to hunger-alleviating agencies in the Royal Oak area. The past 27 CROP walks have returned over $90,000 for distribution locally to fight hunger.
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The CROP Hunger Planning Committee has designated the following four programs to receive funds this year:
- South Oakland Citizens for the Homeless
- United Methodist Church Lunch Program
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Food Pantry
- St John Episcopal Church Food Bank
This year’s goal is $ 20,000 and 100 walkers. On May 5th if you see the CROP walkers in your area, give them a friendly wave.
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Those interested in “Ending Hunger One Step at a Time” and contributing to the Royal Oak CROP Walk, please go to: www.cropwalk.org , choose Michigan and then choose the “Royal Oak walk from the spring 2013 list for a donation on-line.
For questions concerning the Royal Oak CROP walk you
may contact:
- Walk Coordinator: Mike Lindblom, mcl1939@hotmail.com, 248-544-7418
- Walk Treasurer : Greg Umstead, gsumstead@msn.com
“Ending Hunger One Step at a time”
