The annual CROP Walk for Hunger will have a special guest this year!Jeff Lyons of 14 WFIE News will be joining the CROP Walk as its Grand Marshall. Much more than a figurehead for the Walk, Jeff has attended recent meetings of the Evansville Area Hunger Task Force, the sponsoring organization for the fundraiser.
"He was at our last meeting for over an hour, and gave us some really great suggestions for promotion and advertising. His presence was really felt, and he fully joined in the conversation," said Task Force convener Al Spilman.
Jeff Lyons joined the 14 News team in 1988. The Indiana University graduate currently anchors the weathercasts for 14 News at 5, 6 and 10. He earned his National Weather Association seal of approval in 1991 and the American Meteorological Society seal of approval and certification as a meteorologist in 1993. The proud father of three appears at over 40 schools a year and speaks to civic groups about weather casting.
The 38th Annual CROP Hunger Walk will be held this year on Saturday, November 6, 9:00 AM, beginning and ending at East Side Christian Church, at the corner of Weinbach Avenue and Bayard Park Drive (map).
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.
Monies raised for the CROP Walk are divided between Church World Service, the Tristate Food Bank, and the Evansville Food Pantry Consortium.
Two trainings are being held for CROP Facilitators on September 20: at 9 AM and at 7 PM. Both will be held at East Side Christian Church.
For more information, contact:
Al Spilman - alfred.spillman@gmail.com
Rev. Phil Hoy - revgph@aol.com
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