CROP Hunger Walk Stories
Georgia professor raises CROP funds year-round
Spring 2008 Dr. Meg Gring Whitley, professor of French and
Spanish, and long-time CROP Hunger Walk organizer for Young Harris
College in Young Harris, Georgia, started a new CROP Hunger Walk last
October at Lake Winfield Scott, where her husband, Rev. Fred Whitley,
United Methodist Minister and Campus Minister at YHC, has a summer
ministry.
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Making a difference in the world
Spring 2008 Darla Dunn, 15-year-old sophomore at Raytown (Missouri)
High School,
was so moved by being part of a church mission work team to post-Katrina
Gulfport, Mississippi, that she decided to walk in Kansas City’s Heart
of America CROP Hunger Walk.
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Walk booms with Walkers, matching gifts, and prayers
Spring 2008 Betty Voskuil, former Church World Service Committee
Chairperson
and Coordinator of the Holland/Zeeland (Michigan) CROP Hunger Walk,
invited a faithful couple to provide an extra incentive for the spring
2007 Walk, to help reverse a several-years trend of declining participation.
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A child shall lead them
Spring 2008 For five-year old Rebecca Cherry of Corydon, Indiana,
taking part in
her community’s CROP Hunger Walk was something she couldn’t really
explain, but she knew she was helping to feed other children.
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Prep-School students step up
Spring 2008 Christian Brothers Academy raised more than $8,000
in the
31st Annual Syracuse-Downtown (New York) CROP Hunger Walk in 2007.
Four key students who acted as coordinators and recruiters for the
CROP Walk were
presented with a 2008 CWS Global Calendar as a special thank you for
their leadership.
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Walking the walk
Spring 2008 Texas Lutheran University students took part in
the city of Seguin annual CROP Hunger Walk on November 11. Rev. Harry
Foster, Professor of Old Testament Studies at TLU, persuasively challenged
his students to “walk the walk.”
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A grand idea for a Walk
Spring 2008 Rachel Kauffman and Susan Givler decided to coordinate
the CROP Hunger Walk in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 2007 and to give it
a new twist: a Grandparent and Grandchild Walk.
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A sweet deal
Spring 2008 Christ the Lord Lutheran Church
in Elgin, Illinois, makes fighting hunger through the CROP Hunger Walk
a “sweet” deal. The CROP Bake Sale is an event that church members
look forward to all year.
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Awards to New Jersey supporters
Spring 2008 At the National Council of Churches & Church
World Service General Assembly, New Jersey’s Janie Schildge and
the Trenton Ecumenical Area Ministry (TEAM) both received Awards of
Excellence.
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For chaplain, CROP Hunger Walk leaves a lasting impression
Fall 2007 Lieutenant Commander Kim M. Donahue, Chaplain, U.S.
Marine Corps, got her start with the CROP Hunger Walk in her community,
Rocky Hill, New Jersey, in her teens.
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The more we do, the more we grow!
Fall 2007 “You can't help but win with Church World Service,”
says Rev. Robert Kyte of First Congregational Church in Dalton, Massachusetts.
“CWS has enabled us to reach outside the four walls of our church to
those in need around the world.
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All ages came out to celebrate
Fall 2007 All ages came out to celebrate the 35th anniversary
Southwick/Granville CROP Hunger Walk (Massachusetts), the oldest continuous
Walk in New England. A group of fifth graders from Powder Mill School
set the bar high for enthusiasm.
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Extraordinary happenings in Greenwich, New York
Fall 2007 By the time 76-year-old Loris Brownell stepped off
for the May 6 CROP Hunger Walk in Greenwich, New York, he'd already
traveled a few miles in search of support.
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Walking for water
Fall 2007 Recently, long-time CROP Walker Henry Jones left
his home in Fullerton, California, on a trip to Kenya. Jones recalls
his visit to a drought-stricken Maasai community in the Narok District
where he “visited a new deep well bringing clean water to a village.
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WATER: The rest of the story...
Spring 2007 Our jeep came to an abrupt halt at the end of
the dusty road leading to the entrance of the small Malawi village
of Maziyaya. We got out, made our way through the brush and then a
cornfield, until we came to a clearing. There stood the new well.
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