MAIN LINE CROP WALK
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Beginning at 1 pm from Suburban Square
Pick-up packets ahead of time in narthex or register on-line at www.cropwalkonline.org
Questions? Talk with Alan Abel or Ralph Miller, APC coordinators
What is CROP WALK?
The CROP Hunger Walk is Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty in an annual event that combines fun and fundraising to raise money to help feed hungry people throughout the world. Walkers invite friends to sponsor them with a contribution of $5, $10, $20, or more.
Who walks?
Anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of hungry people is invited. Walkers come from religious communities, schools, businesses and non-profit agencies. Over 120 people walked in the Main Line CROP WALK last year and raised $10,453.
Why walk?
Hungry people in developing countries typically walk as much as 10 kilometers (six miles) each day to get food, water, fuel, and to take their goods to market. CROP WALK provides an opportunity to WALK WITH THE WORLD. We walk to be in solidarity with their struggle for existence. We walk to make a difference.
Where do the contributions go?
Contributions go 90% to the international work of Church World Services and 10% to local hunger relief – specifically half of this to the Presbytery of Philadelphia (work overseen by the Rev. Schaunel Steinnagel, Hunger Action Enabler) and the other half to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese (their hunger work is entitled “Nutritional Development Services”), since Presbyterians and Roman Catholics are the top two participating faith backgrounds in the Main Line CROP Walk.
CELEBRATE WORLD FOOD DAY 2010
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Ardmore Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall)
Sunday afternoon, October 17
3:00 to 5:00 pm
3:00 – 4:00 pm Visit tables of anti-hunger organizations
(Below are some of the organizations that might have tables)
- Bread for the World
- Jubilee USA
- CARE
- MANNA
- Church World Service
- Nutritional Development
- Services
- Greater Philadelphia Coalition
- ONE Campaign
- Against Hunger
- Pennsylvania Hunger Action
- Network
- Philabundance
- Philadelphia Jobs with Justice
- Presbyterian Hunger Program
- SHARE
4:00 – 5:00 pm - Join in conversation about “What Can I/We Do, To End World Hunger”
Light Refreshments to be served!
RSVPs Welcome! Questions Welcome!
Rev. Schaunel Steinnagel, Hunger Action Enabler, Presbytery of Philadelphia,
215-242-1400, SSteinnagel@presbyphl.org.
