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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Jacob Loose Park
Registration begins at 1:00 PM - live music!
Swing Dance Competition!
Step-Off time 2:00 PM
Rain or SHINE!
What is CROP WALK?
CROP Hunger Walk is Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty in an annual event that combines fun and fundraising to raise money for hungry people throughout the world. Walkers invite friends to sponsor them with a contribution of $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, or more.
Who walks?
Anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of hungry people is invited. Walkers come from the Greater Kansas City Metro religious community, schools, businesses and nonprofit agencies. Over 2,500 people walk in the Heart of America CROP Hunger Walk each year.
Why walk?
Hungry people in developing countries typically walk as much as 10 kilometers each day to get food, water, and fuel, and to take their goods to market. CROP Hunger Walk provides us an opportunity to “WALK with the World.” We walk to be in solidarity with their struggle for existence. We walk to make a difference.
Who sponsors the walk?
CROP Hunger Walk is sponsored nationally by Church World Service (CWS), one of the most effective and efficient relief services in the world. Locally, faith groups who have a passion to STOP HUNGER sponsor the walk. They represent a broad spectrum of the Kansas City Metro religious communities.
How is the money spent?
75% is distributed by CWS, which since 1946 has carried out global hunger education and provided money for refugees, disaster relief and self-help projects in more than 80 countries. 25% of the money stays here in the Greater Metro Area and is distributed to local hunger-related agencies.
Contributions to the 2006 Heart of America CROP Hunger Walk went to the following agencies: Bishop Sullivan Center- Catholic Social Services - Community Services League - Eastside Food Pantry - Harvester’s Community Food Bank - Hickman Mills Community Services - Kansas City Community Gardens - Lazarus’s Table – Grand Avenue Temple United Methodist - Redemptorist Social Services Center - Seaton Center - Westport Cooperative Services
The Heart of America (HoA) CROP Hunger Walk is one of the 10 largest walks in the United States.
How can I help?
Obtain sponsors and join the fun by walking on October 14, 2007. Sponsor someone else who is walking (be generous!). Make checks payable to "CROP." You can also make donations to one of our registered walkers using the web site.- Send a check, payable to "CROP" to:
Heart of America CROP Hunger Walk
4601 Main
Kansas City, MO 64112
Call 1.816.531.4540 for more information.
You can also support the Heart of America CROP Hunger Walk by serving on the steering committee, which meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month. The next meeting is at Community Christian Church Activities Center, 32 East 46th Street, third floor. For more information call 816-531-4540 or e-mail Joyce at jholley@churchworldservice.org or Tony at wrt4u@aol.com
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