From Latin America, pride and thanks to CROP Hunger Walk support of food banks and local agencies

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 …

CROP Hunger Walks & the sustainability of CWS programs

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 …

Two CROP Hunger Walks, decades apart

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 …

CWS Draws Attention to World Hunger in 2017 with CROP Hunger Walks and Release of Award-Winning Novel

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 4, 2017

From New York City to Boise, ID, to Charlotte, NC, Church World Service has kicked off another year of CROP Hunger Walks across the nation, along with a new partnership with author Sharon Ewell Foster,  to bring attention to hunger across the globe. Foster has released the CROP Hunger Walk Edition of her award-winning novel, “Abraham’s Well”, and is donating a …

CROP Hunger Walk 2015: many faces, one goal

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 …

CROP Hunger Walk Recruiter Discovers CWS’s Role in Disaster Recovery

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 …

My Feet Were Made for CROP Hunger Walking

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 …

CROP Hunger Walk Youth Drama Group

News & Updates | Posted Saturday, October 19, 2013

This is the fourth year a group of terrific, socially conscious kids (ages 14-18) have created educational skits and activities to present to religious school children throughout the greater Nashua, New Hampshire area. Their idea is simple: to both teach elementary school age children about world poverty and hunger, and to inspire them to put their hearts and soles into …

Educate and Advocate: Portland’s CROP Hunger Walk

News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013

As originally posted on Bread for the World’s Bread Blog: http://blog.bread.org/2013/04/educate-and-advocate-portlands-crop-walk.html Ending hunger takes a village. Churches, non-profits, and faithful individuals respond to hunger in different ways. Holistic approaches to fighting hunger acknowledge immediate need while also advocating for changes to policies that address the root causes of hunger and poverty. CROP Hunger Walks, community-wide events sponsored by CWS and …

CWS, CROP Hunger Walks and Food Security: A Q&A with Paul Weisenfeld of USAID

News & Updates | Posted Friday, November 4, 2011

When participants in the CWS-sponsored CROP Hunger Walk in Arlington, Va. stepped off from Arlington Forest United Methodist Church last month, among the walkers was the head of the federal bureau charged with leading the effort to implement President Obama’s global food security initiative. Paul Weisenfeld, who heads USAID’s Bureau for Food Security didn’t just walk, he also spoke to …