News & Updates | Posted Friday, April 24, 2026
From local food pantries to global hunger initiatives, Carlene’s 34‑year CROP Hunger Walk journey shows how collective action sparks lasting change.
News & Updates | Posted Thursday, March 19, 2026
CROP Hunger Walks mobilize tens of thousands of people each year to fight food insecurity, raising millions to support both global and local hunger-fighting efforts. As National Walking Day approaches, these walks show how every step can help neighbors near and far. Participants in the Greater Lexington CROP Hunger Walk join together in fighting hunger in their community and around …
News & Updates | Posted Friday, August 1, 2025
Hunger is one of the greatest injustices facing our world today. According to this year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, an estimated 8.2 percent of the global population—or about 673 million people—experienced hunger in 2024. That’s millions of people who are unable to put food on the table for themselves and their families. The world …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2024
About two years ago, Celine Woznica, who had spent 40 years of her life working in public health, began to have an inescapable feeling that she needed to support the migrants arriving at the border. As someone who had lived in Mexico for six years and was fluent in Spanish, she considered leaving Chicago to apply her skills and knowledge …
News & Updates | Posted Monday, March 23, 2020
Friends in Deed, an inter-faith agency that provides supportive services to meet basic human needs to homeless and at-risk neighbors in Pasadena, California. The Harvest Food program at the United Methodist Church of Thousand Oaks, California, a closed food pantry providing healthy food to families since 2012. Crisis Control Ministry, a nonprofit that since 1973 helps people in crisis and …
News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2018
In the middle of July, CWS staff gathered in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia for three days of updates and team building. Since most of us work remotely, it was a rare chance to interact face to face with our colleagues not only around the U.S., but around the world. We were joined by regional program directors from the Middle …
News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Fifty years ago, I was married to a minister. We served the First Christian Church in Killeen, Texas. As the minister’s wife, I needed to find my way to serve, which turned out to be as a sponsor of the youth group. At that time, many young soldiers from Fort Hood, teenagers themselves, attended our youth groups and events. The …
News & Updates | Posted Monday, October 12, 2015
This blog was originally published by Holli Long here. This year, my family and I participated in our third CROP Hunger Walk. Well, for three of us, it was our third. For my husband, more like his 10th or 12th or so as he grew up walking with his family. It was the second year my kids walked more than …
News & Updates | Posted Friday, April 25, 2014
I’m passionate about ending hunger – and about being a mom, and being involved in the community. This story is about how all those pieces of my life are fitting together – and yes, Church World Service is an important part of my story! My husband Scott, our son Joshua and I live in Longmont, Colo., where Scott pastors Westview …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Feet . . . some people think feet are ugly. They don’t like looking at them, touching them, let alone smelling them. Others adorn their feet with rings, tattoos, polish, fancy pedicures and exquisite footwear. Still others take feet for granted, simply walking around to and fro without regard to the blessing of mobility. And then there are some who …