State College Area CROP Hunger Walk

Register Online

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List of Participants in the 2010 Walk

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1st Church Christ-Scientist
Fairbrook UMC
Faith UCC
Foxdale
Friend's Mtg
Grace Lutheran
Key Club-SCHS
Lutheran-St Paul
Mt Nittany UMC
Nittany Nomads
Park Forest UMC
Pine Grove Presbyterian
PSU-Block & Bridle
PSU-Community Food Security
PSU-Gamma Sigma Sigma
PSU-Habitat Humanity
PSU-Helping X Community
PSU-Kappa Phi
PSU-Lutheran Student Community
PSU-Under Graduate Student
South Hills Business School
St Andrews Episcopal
St College Presbyterian
St John's UCC
St Paul's Methodist
State College Food Bank
Strawberry Fields, Inc
Trinity Lutheran
Troop 32
Univ Baptist & Brethren
Upper Spruce Ck Presbyterian
UUFCC
Wesley Student Foundation
Woodycrest UMC

Pictures from the previous Walks

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List of Participants in the 2008 Walk

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Boy Scout Troop
CROP Committee
Faith UCC
Food Bank
Foxdale
Friends Meeting
Grace Lutheran Church
Nittany Nomads
Pine Hall Lutheran
PSU 4-H
PSU Gamma Sigma Sigma
PSU Grad students
PSU Kappa Omicron Nu
PSU Lutheran Students
PSU-Nutrition Class
PSU Women in Business
St Andrew's Episcopal
St John’s UCC
St Paul - Lutheran
St Paul's UMC
SC Presbyterian Church
SCHS Key Club
Thrivent Financial
Trinity Lutheran
UBBC
Upper Spruce Creek Presb
UUFCC

2008 State College CROP Walk Breaks 2007 Record

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The 2008 State College CROP Walk broke the 2007 record for giving! The walk, which raises funds for both Church World Service for international relief, and the State College Food Bank, this year received contributions totaling $26,250. The State College Food Bank received $6,562 of the total amount. This year there were 278 walkers. Thank you everyone who participated in the walk and we look forward to your participation in the 2009 walk

State College Area CROP Walk Fundraiser at a Spikes Game

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With world wide hunger becoming increasingly and sadly a larger and
larger issue, here is one small thing you can do this summer to give
to a good cause while spending a summer evening at the ball park.

On Friday, August 22, the local CROP Walk committee is holding a
fundraiser by selling tickets to a Spikes game. Tickets for the
7:00pm game of Spikes vs. Jamestown Jammers are being sold for $7.00
each with $2.00 per ticket being donate to the State College CROP
Walk. If you want tickets, please contact, Jim Campbell at
jxc8@psu.edu or Roana Fuller at raf16@psu.edu.

Empty Cup Concert

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Greetings,
The Empty Bowls Project is offering an Empty Cup Concert on Friday, May 2 at the State College Area High School South Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10.00. Proceeds benefit both Meals on Wheels and the Food Bank of the State College area. The Tarnished 6 and Callanish will be the featured bands. The Tarnished 6 plays traditional Jazz and Dixieland ranging from tight, intricate arrangements of the hot jazz bands of the 20's all the way to a loose, easy New Orleans style, as well as tunes from the swinging 30's, and the blues. Callanish shares the music of their heritage from the British Isles: jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes - all the lively dance music of Ireland. The Tarnished 6 will perform at 7 p.m. and Callanish will take the stage at 8 p.m. Each ticket holder is entitled to the choice of one ceramic cup to keep as a reminder of the event. Coffee, tea and milk along with pretzels and fresh baked cookies will be available before the musical performances and during the intermission. Donations for a cup for children under 10 are based on age, $1 for 1 year old, $2 for 2 year old, etc. Students and professional potters have created hundreds of cups to prepare for this concert.
We hope that the Empty Cup Concert and the Empty Bowls Project can increase awareness of hunger issues at national and local levels. In the past eight years, we have contributed over $55,000 to fight hunger. All proceeds remain in the Centre Region and benefit both Meals on Wheels and the Food Bank of the State College area.
For more information or to reserve tickets in advance call 231-5067 or email jhr11@scasd.org. If reserving tickets please leave your name, phone and how many tickets you want. The $10.00 payment for reserved tickets will be expected at the door.

2007 Crop Walk article in the Centre Daily Times

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Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008
Local CROP Walk grows with record funds in 2007
Editor’s note: The Centre County Council for Human Services Inc. has been working for the past 36 years to help human service agencies serve those in need. It includes 90 agencies and individual members and serves people from birth to death.

Barbara Faulkner Helping Hands
What if every night on the evening news, you heard an announcement that 10,000 people around the world died that day from hunger and malnutrition? Because that is an unfortunate daily occurrence, how many days in a row would you have to hear this same disturbing statistic before you hit the mute button? Or would it make you stand up and say, “Somebody ought to do something about this”?

Well, somebody has. Each year in State College and around the U. S., there are CROP Walks to raise

money to alleviate hunger. You could start planning now to collect sponsors and walk in the 5K 2008 State College CROP Walk on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The route will wind through campus before returning to St. Andrew’s.

CROP is an acronym for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty.

“CROP is the first to arrive at a disaster scene and the last to leave,” said John Mc- Cullough, the executive director of Church World Service, of which CROP is an arm.

Advertisement“We bring in blankets and food to a catastrophe and stay for the long haul, helping people help themselves by attacking the root causes of hunger through agricultural development programs.”

These programs include digging wells for drinking and irrigation, providing mules for plowing and better seeds for planting, opening schools, training teachers and providing capital to start community banks run by the people.

CROP Walks began in 1970 in York. State College organized its first walk in 1984 and has since raised more than $307,700. Twenty-five percent of our total each year goes to the State College Food Bank. We have no overhead expenses. We don’t give out T-shirts or prizes to walkers, and our refreshments are all donated.

Two hundred and thirty walkers helped the 2007 State College CROP Walk set a new record of $22,700. This is an increase of 49 percent from the 2006 results. The State College Food Bank received $5,674.00, which was especially needed in a year when federal grants were cut.

Congregations with significant contributions included St. Paul’s Methodist, Grace Lutheran, St. John’s United Church of Christ, University Baptist and Brethren, Faith United Church of Christ, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, State College Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, Friends Meeting, Upper Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church and Woodycrest United Methodist.

Other organizations providing support were Troop 32 Boy Scouts of America, Fox-dale Village Retirement Community, State College Friends School, State College Area High School Key Club and volleyball team, Nittany Nomads, Penn State Women in Business, Gamma Sigma Sigma and Kappa Omicron Nu sororities and the State College Food Bank.

For more information contact Church World Service at 888- 297-2767 or visit www.cropwalk.org.

For local information, contact Barbara Faulkner at 238-8695 or babs1649@juno.com,

or the State College Food Bank at 234-2310.

Crop Walk Committee giving the 2007 Crop Walk Check to Linda Tataliba, Executive Director of the State College Food Bank

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Pictures from the 2007 Walk

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More pictures from the 2007 walk

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2007 State College CROP Walk Sets Record

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The 2007 State College CROP Walk set a new record for giving! The walk, which raises funds for both Church World Service for international relief, and the State College Food Bank, this year received contributions totaling $22,700. This is an increase of 49% over the 2006 results. The State College Food Bank received $5,675 of the total amount. This year there were 217 walkers.

Organizations who participated in the 2007 Walk

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Churches
St. Paul’s Methodist
Grace Lutheran
St. John’s United
Church of Christ
University Baptist and Brethren
Faith United Church of Christ
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
State College Presbyterian
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Friends Meeting
Upper Spruce Creek Presbyterian
Woodycrest United Methodist

Other organizations providing support
Troop 32 Boy Scouts of America
Foxdale Village
Friends School
State College High School Key Club and Volleyball
Nittany Nomads
Penn State Women in Business
Gamma Sigma Sigma and Kappa Omicron Nu sororities
State College Food Bank