38th Annual CROP Hunger Walk

The 38th Annual CROP Hunger Walk will be held this year on Saturday, November 6.

CROP, or Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, is the oldest event of its type in the Evansville area, and the Evansville CROP Walk is the longest running CROP walk in the state of Indiana.

Your help is needed. In the past, members of your church have raised funds and walked to help eradicate hunger and poverty locally and globally. As you know, the need is great again this year.

Monies raised for the CROP Walk are divided between three agencies, both national and international in scope as well as local.

Church World Service, a cooperative ministry of 36 denominations throughout the world, receives 75 percent of the proceeds from the walk. Working with partners in the United States and around the world, Church World Service builds interfaith and intercultural coalitions to eradicate hunger and poverty and promote peace and justice. Its ministries range from disaster response in the United States and other parts of the world to long-term sustainable grassroots development in more than 80 countries, including our own.

The Tri-State Food Bank and the Emergency Food Pantry System of Evansville divied equally the remainder of the proceeds. The Food Bank serves food pantries, soup kitchens and other programs feeding the hungry in 33 Tri-State counties. The Food Pantry System will serve more than 17,000 four-day supplies of food to local families this year.

The beginning point of this year’s walk is East Side Christian Church, 2001 Bayard Park Drive (at the corner of Weinbach Avenue and Bayard Park Drive.) Registration for the walk is at 9 a.m. The walk will begin at 10 a.m.

On September 20 we will have two identical training sessions. One will be at 9 a.m. and the second at 7 p.m. Both will be held at East Side Christian Church.

Please contact us for further information. You may also donate directly using the links on this blog.

Sincerely,

Rev. Philip Hoy
CROP Walk Chair

Dr. Al Spillman
Hunger Task Force Chair