CROP Walk
Stopping Hunger Together
What Are CROP Walkers?
CROP Hunger Walks are community-based walk events held in cities and towns across the United States, raising funds to support the global mission of Church World Service, a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster. Twenty five percent of the funds raised are returned to the host community to support local hunger fighting efforts.
Background
The Crop Project was organized in 1947 when farmers were asked to donate food and seed crops to our hungry neighbors in post-World War II Europe and Asia, a program that soon became known as the Christian Rural Overseas Program - CROP. In 1969 in Bismarck, North Dakota, and in 1970 in York, Pennsylvania, the first walk events were organized to raise funds to support CROP. Since then, CROP Hunger Walk events have been held in hundreds of communities large and small raising millions of dollars to eradicate hunger and poverty.
Get Involved
Hunger is one of the greatest injustices facing our world, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Our church is active in this ministry as we encourage our members to be CROP Walkers in Austin, TX. We do our part to walk and help raise money for this wonderful ministry that helps to end hunger. Do your part and join us!
We are called to feed the hungry and to offer those in need a cool drink.