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Despite the cold, Greensboro area citizens showed up in record force on Sunday to let hunger know that it doesn’t have a fighting chance. With the motto “We Walk, Because They Walk,” over 6,000 walkers raised a projected $200,000+ to help fight hunger locally and internationally by participating in the 29th Annual Greater Greensboro CROP Hunger Walk.
25% of the funds raised through the CROP Hunger Walk will come back to Greensboro Urban Ministry Potter’s House Community Kitchen to feed hungry individuals in our community. Potter’s House feeds over 450 individuals every day and the number is ever increasing as tough economic times force those who have never received assistance to ask for help. In the word’s of one individual receiving assistance, “If the Potter’s House wasn’t here, they wouldn’t have anywhere to go, anywhere to eat.” |
The other 75% will go to Church World Service (CWS), an international organization that works with partners (such as Greensboro Urban Ministry) to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world. CWS is one of the first to arrive when there is a need and the last to leave. Their goal is to provide not only immediate assistance, but to make a lasting difference by providing communities with the means to obtain fresh water and the skills to grow crops and practice trades which will provide for their families for years to come.
Working together, We can stop hunger. As the theme song for the Greater Greensboro CROP Hunger Walk states: “There’s (food) enough, more than enough, enough for us, enough for everyone.” |
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