CWS Executive Vice President Maurice Bloem Launches Fifth Annual 100 Mile Hunger Walk Campaign

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, September 29, 2016

NEW YORK— Church World Service — a global humanitarian organization and one of nine U.S. resettlement agencies — today announced that its executive vice president Maurice Bloem has kicked off the fifth 100 Mile Hunger Walk campaign, an annual initiative that raises awareness and funds to fight hunger around the world. A staggering 795 million people worldwide lack enough food …

Walking to end hunger in Kenya

News & Updates | Posted Friday, September 18, 2015

Last week, a team of young adults in Kenya held their own CROP Hunger Walk to coincide with the 100 Mile Hunger Walk! I organized the 20-kilometer Walk and used word of mouth, text messages, phone calls and the mobile app WhatsApp to spread the word and gather a group to Walk together. A lively group conversation emerged where members …

These shoes were made for walking

News & Updates | Posted Friday, August 21, 2015

In Middletown, New York, one of our CROP Hunger Walk participants has developed a unique yet practical approach to communicating his participation in the Walk. He purchased a pair of neon orange running shoes dedicated specifically for fund raising for the Walk. Ten months out of the year these shoes reside in their box in his closet. Each September, one …

World Food Day: You Too Walk On, Because ZERO is the Hero

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, October 16, 2014

“Home… hard to know what it is if you’ve never had one Home… I can’t say where it is but I know I’m going home That’s where the heart is.” Lisa Rothenberger, a former CWS board member, sent me U2’s “Walk On” to listen to during my first 100 Mile Hunger Walk three years ago. She said, “if you feel …

Executive Embarks On Third 100-Mile Walk to Raise Awareness about Hunger

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, June 5, 2014

NEW YORK – For the third year in a row, Maurice Bloem is embarking on a 100-mile walk aimed at raising awareness and money to fight hunger in the United States and around the world. The humanitarian assistance executive will walk through Michigan, Indiana and Illinois for six days this summer (June 15 – 20).  Bloem is executive vice president …

A New Year, A New Walk

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, March 20, 2014

This is my fourth year on the planning committee for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CROP Hunger Walk. I spent many years in grade school participating as a walker before taking a position on the planning committee, and my dad has been on the committee for over 18 years now. (I don’t even think he’s counting anymore). Needless to say the CROP …

A New Generation Walks

News & Updates | Posted Monday, October 14, 2013

As original posted on Holli Carey Long’s blog, Joy is the Grace, 10/7/2013 http://www.hollilong.com/2013/10/07/a-new-generation-walks/ This weekend, I walked in my first CROP Hunger Walk. It was their first walk, too. (Well, “walk” is a loose term here. They ran. And strolled. There wasn’t much walking on their part, really.) But it wasn’t his first walk. My husband is a CROP …

Volunteers Keep Us Walking

News & Updates | Posted Saturday, June 8, 2013

My first meeting with volunteers after starting with CWS eleven years ago was a post-Walk celebration for the Southwick/Granville CROP Hunger Walk at the Roma Restaurant in Southwick.  I was a bit nervous, but so warmly welcomed by co-coordinators Clayton Cigal, Sr. and Carolyn Mills – who was stepping down after many years and to whom we were presenting a …

America’s oldest hunger walk ups the pace as need grows

News & Updates | Posted Monday, October 10, 2011

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – For the past 15 years, 67-year-old Marilyn Pisa has spent her Labor Day morning walking 4.5 miles through the neighborhoods of Valencia and Newhall, Calif., to support her local CROP Hunger Walk, one of some 1,500 events held annually nationwide and deemed the oldest hunger walks in America. CROP Hunger Walk, sponsored by global humanitarian agency …

Indigenous women flaunt drought, save crops with a few clay pots of water

News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, August 9, 2011

GRAN CHACO REGION, Paraguay — In the vast, dry Chaco region of South America where water and prosperity are scarce, indigenous women of the Paraguayan Chaco are now growing abundant vegetables by burying handmade clay pots in their gardens to help capture, retain and utilize the little rain that does fall. The simple and ingenious technology is part of humanitarian …