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CROP - Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty
The CROP Hunger Walk is “neighbors walking together to
take a stand against hunger in our world.”
Church World Service (CWS), founded in 1946, is a cooperative
ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations,
providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster
relief, and refugee assistance in some 80 countries.
Within the United States, The CROP Hunger Walk Project is one
of the ways Church World Service assists communities in responding to local hunger and disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies, provides educational resources, and offers opportunities to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring.
Greta Hansen, an active St. Mary's Lutheran Church member, has for many years, felt the call to serve the less fortunate. She and her husband, Paul had been members of Bread For The World since 1974 and after attending one of their meetings in 1982, the effects of hunger and poverty on the world became clear. A sermon on Lazarus and the rich man, by Pastor David Meissner, deepened her desire to help where she could. When she was asked to join a group of people who felt compelled to address the hunger issue in our community, Greta didn’t hesitate. The Interfaith Network was born. Since then, she has worked tirelessly, in various capacities to do whatever she can to help the poor and feed the hungry. In her words, “Jesus said we are to help our brothers and sisters.” And, “It doesn’t go away.”
At the CROP Walk recruiter meeting held on Aug. 18, Gaston
Razafy, Wisconsin Regional Director of CWS said that that
this year there are 4 million MORE hungry people in the world
than there were last year. “It doesn’t go away.”
In its first 30 years, the Kenosha Walk has raised $365,456.96.
Last year, the total was $22,035.00—eighth in the state of Wisconsin. Of the monies raised from the Kenosha CROP Walk, 25% is returned for use by local agencies and 75% is distributed worldwide.
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