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CROP walk raises money for the hungry & displaced

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Contributed by: William Boucher on 10/4/2007

Saturday, October 20th, 2007, hundreds of your friends and neighbors will be walking around Northglenn to raise money for the starving and displaced people of developing countries. These CROP Walks have been going on nationally for the past sixty years and raised millions of dollars, over 264 million in the last twenty years alone, to feed the less fortunate. The local Adams County walk has raised nearly $100,000 in that time, as well.

CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. The walks not only feed the hungry, but they also provide for vocational training and supplies, even micro business startup loans to allow these folks to provide for themselves. The program is run under the auspices of Church World Services, and also helps provide for the basic daily needs of refugees as well. CWS currently supports community centers in eleven refugee camps in Darfur.

Why walk?

The hungry of developing countries typically walk up to six miles a day for basic needs like food, water, fuel, and their livelihoods. We walk for solidarity. We walk because they walk. We walk to raise money for them and ease their burden.

Why CROP?

CROP walks are community based and interfaith. As such, they assist both locally and globally. In fact, 25% of all money raised assists local food banks, pantries, community gardens and other local hunger-fighting agencies. This year, Growing Homes, a local organization that helps economically challenged folks find sustainable housing will be receiving this 25% share. Donors also have the opportunity to designate their gift to at least nineteen other approved hunger-fighting agencies besides CWS. No other organization does that.

What's the difference?

A little money goes a long way in these developing countries:

-$25 provides blankets for a family of five displaced by violence or disaster.
-$50 provides oral rehydration therapy for 55 children suffering from diarrhea, a deadly disease in developing countries.
-$75 provides a family of five with emergency food supplies for a month.
-$100 provides a micro credit loan to a woman starting a business to support her family.
-$125 provides a year's worth of literacy classes for up to three women.
-$200 provides a water buffalo to a struggling farm family to improve their production.
-$350 provides vocational training for oldest surviving children of parents lost to AIDS, so that they may provide for their siblings.
-$1100 supports community-based health, hygiene, and sanitation training for an entire community.

How can I help?

You can assist the CROP Walk by walking yourself or donate to CWS/CROP by sponsoring a walker. If you walk, soliciting donations has never been easier. Simply go to www.cropwalk.org and click on the "stop" sign with the word CROP in it. This will take you to a U.S. map. Click on Colorado. Click on the walk you would like to participate in. Once you've done that you should be presented with the option to donate or to register to walk. There is no face to face or awkward silences. All you need is your e-mail address book. Your contacts will either delete or donate. It's quick and easy for everyone. Online donations can also be made by credit card, so it's never been easier to donate, too!

Who do I contact?

Simply go to my Yourhub profile up there to the right and click on "send me a message" if you would like your own fund raising walker's packet. If you would like to sponsor a walker, follow the directions above to the CWS website or you can make your donation on my personal donation page. Registration for the walk is at 8:30 am, Saturday, October 20th, at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church's Shepherd's Hall. Directions: I-25 to 104th Ave, a few blocks west to Huron, turn right and go north to Kennedy (about five blocks), turn right and go 1/2 block. Shepherd's Hall will be on the south side of Kennedy Street.

Thank You Kroenke Sports and Colorado Avalanche!

The Colorado Avalanche and Kroenke Sports have very generously donated a pair of tickets to the November 7th Avalanche versus Edmonton Oilers game in order to help the Adams County CROP Walk raise extra funds. These are to be raffled off the morning of the walk.Chances for this raffle can be purchased after the 10 a.m. services at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church on October 7th and 14th (follow above directions, down the hill east of Shepherd's Hall). You can also contact me via my profile above with questions about or interest in buying these chances.

Thanks for your support.

William Boucher,
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church,
Crop Director

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Thanks Bill. Sounds like a great cause.

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