CROPWalk/Arlington is a hunger relief effort sponsored by
Church World Service
to raise money to fight hunger at home and abroad. The 2007 CROPWalk was
the most successful ever! The walk yielded $46,116 in contributions from
21 organizations and nearly 200 walkers. St. George’s is a regular
contributor to CROPWalk, contributing $600 in 2005, $3,792 in 2006 and
$2,355 in 2007.
Of the amount collected, 25% is returned directly to the
Arlington Food Assistance Center, a food bank for indigent people in Arlington.
In just one year, there has been a nearly 30% increase in families
needing assistance.
The
walk starts and ends at the
Arlington Forest United Methodist Church(4791
Arlington Boulevard). Registration for the walk will be at 8:00 AM;
the walk is from 8:30 to 1:00 PM. This year’s date is
October 17, 2009 (the third Saturday in October). The walk is 10
kilometers long.
The
check points are:
#1 St. George's Episcopal Church
#2 Trinity Episcopal Church
#3 Arlington Forest Methodist Church
Help by coordinating, recruiting, staffing the rest stop,
donating financially, and walking!
Visit our
Team CROPWalk page to support our walkers.
St. Georgians should contact
Happy Olmstead
to sign up.
To
learn more about Arlington’s CROPWalk,
contact Fred Jones, Arlington CROPWalk
Coordinator.
Visit
CROP Walk Central