28th annual CROP walk for hunger set for October

The annual Sheboygan Area CROP Walk for Hunger has been set for Sunday, Oct. 17. This will be the 28th anniversary of the event in this area. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church at 2104 Geele Ave. in Sheboygan. The walk will begin at 1 p.m. and follows a designated route about three miles long. The walk combines the greater Plymouth and Sheboygan areas and continues the tradition of the one larger event.

A Recruitment Kick-off Open House will be held Thursday, Sept. 9 from 4-6 p.m. The open house will be at the host church for this year’s event – St. Peter Lutheran Church.

Repeating the popular format for the open house, attendees are invited to stop by when it is convenient for their schedule. Representatives of any church or organization wanting to participate in the walk will be briefed on details and receive all necessary materials.

The CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk is an annual event that raises funds to fight hunger. The theme for this year is “Ending hunger one step at a time.” Last year the Sheboygan area event included 136 walkers who raised $10,767. Each year a quarter of the money raised stays in the Sheboygan County area. Last year just over $1,910 was presented to the Sheboygan Food Bank and $781 was given to the Plymouth Food Pantry. The remainder of the funds raised are used globally in some 80 countries to empower hunger-stricken people to produce food through sustainable development efforts as well as through direct food donations.

Church World Service, which oversees the funds, also uses them to improve living conditions by providing safe drinking water, preventive health services and other humanitarian aid to some of the world’s poorest populations.

For more information about this year’s event, contact coordinator Joanne D'Alton via phone at 803-0742 or e-mail jrd22@charter.net