Carolinas

Calendar year 2007 rankings by income

2008-04-14T16:27:06Z

Ranking	Crop Hunger Walk	Total Income	Amt. Raised Online
1	Charlotte	$270,511	$15,076
2	Greensboro	$227,609	$5,810
3	Durham	$197,430	$29,155
4	Alamance County	$61,686	$1,160
5	Forsyth County	$60,428	$855
6	Chapel Hill/Carrboro	$47,421	$3,560
7	Cabarrus County	$42,553	$560
8	Raleigh	$41,690	$3,481
9	York County	$35,674	$1,210
10	Asheville	$31,121	$1,165
11	Midlands	$29,418	$850
12	High Point	$27,985	$75
13	Cary	$25,351	$1,230
14	Dare County	$22,162	$3,285
15	Southport/Oak Island	$21,979	0
16	Lexington	$21,856	0
17	East Catawba	$20,656	0
18	Cherokee County	$20,328	0
19	New Bern	$20,060	$60
20	Orange County	$19,522	$745
21	Sandhills (Moore Co.)	$17,184	0
22	Clemson	$17,006	$1,895
23	Fayetteville	$16,047	$575
24	Mount Airy	$14,565	$145
25	Martin County	$14,462	0
26	Charleston	$12,187	$2,650
27	Avery County	$10,898	$100
28	Union County	$10,719	$50
29	Belmont/Mt. Holly	$10,550	$25
30	Dallas	$10,061	0
31	New Hanover Co.	$9,620	0
32	Greater Greenville	$9,012	$345
33	Gaston County	$8,878	$570
34	Black Mountain	$8,795	$25
35	Liberty	$8,520	0
36	Rowan County	$8,370	0
37	Johnston County	$7,773	0
38	Apex/Holly Springs	$7,757	$185
39	Shallotte/S. Brunswick	$7,467	$325
40	Polk County	$7,083	0
41	Pickens	$7,018	0
42	Lincoln County	$6,868	$170
43	Washington/Beaufort	$6,598	$925
44	Wake Forest	$6,468	$205
45	Brevard	$6,432	0
46	Scotland County	$6,377	0
47	Clay County	$6,005	0
48	Franklin County	$5,230	0
49	East Lincoln	$4,920	0
50	Farmville	$4,318	0
51	China Grove	$4,211	$20
52	Rolesville	$4,166	0
53	Stokesdale	$4,027	0
54	Salem/Leasburg	$3,668	0
55	Statesville	$3,529	0
56	Anson County	$2,801	0
57	Macon County	$2,793	0
58	Albemarle	$2,486	0
59	Stokes County	$1,225	0
60	Robbins	$1,204	0
61	Madison County	$883	0
62	McDowell County	$280	0

Fall 2008 CROP Hunger Walks

2008-04-02T20:18:25Z

North Carolina | South Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA
Walk	Walk Date	Contact
Alamance County	October 4
Albemarle	October 5
Anson County	October 19
Apex/Holly Springs	November 2
Asheville	October 12
Avery County	September 28
Belmont/Mt. Holly	October 12
Black Mountain	October 12
Brevard	October 26
Cabarrus County	October 12
Cary	October 5
Charlotte	October 12
Cherokee County	October 19
China Grove	TBA
Clay County	October 12
Dallas	October 19
Dare County	October 19
East Catawba	October 19
East Lincoln	October 19
Farmville	September 28
Fayetteville	October 19
Franklin County	TBA
Gaston County	October 19
Greenville	October 7
Greensboro	October 19
High Point	September 21
Johnston County	October 5
Lexington	TBA
Liberty	October 19
Lincoln County	October 19
Macon County	October 5
Martin County	October 12
McDowell County	September 28
New Bern	October 5
New Hanover County	October 12
Orange County	October 12	Lucy Wilson (919) 732-6194
Polk County	November 9
Raleigh	October 12
Rolesville	October 12
Rowan County	October 11
Sandhills	October 19
Shallotte/S. Brunswick	November 2
Southport/Oak Island	November 2
Statesville	November 9
Stokes County	October 4
Stokesdale	October 19	Cindy Braswell
Union County	November 2
Wake Forest	September 28
Washington/Beaufort	October 12
Winston Salem/Forsyth County	October 19
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	November 2
Clemson	October 12
Midlands (Columbia)	November 16
Pickens	October 5
Rock Hill	October 19
York County	October 26

Statesville, NC

2008-01-08T19:31:08Z

Regina Quick (left) and Brenda Simendinger march away from St. Joh's Lutheran Church on Nov. 18th in Statesville at the beginning of the third and CROP Hunger Walk. Photo: Statesville Record & Landmark.	Regan Stillerman holds steady a homemade sign before the CROP Hunger Walk began. Photo: Statesville Record & Landmark.
Rev. Homer Rickabaugh, Walk Coordinator - seen in center background - gives walkers final instructions before Step-off. Photo: Statesville Record & Landmark.	Photo: Statesville Record & Landmark.

Southport / Oak Island, NC

2007-12-05T16:28:23Z

A beautiful day on the North Carolina coast marked Southport/Oak Island's 24th annual CROP Hunger Walk. The Boy Scouts Troop 238 helped set up for registration at Franklin Square Park - the site of the Walk's Step-off. Walkers helped boost the Walk's 24-year, cumulative income over the $200,000.00 mark. Next year the Walk will celebrate it's 25th Anniversary of walking for the hungry.

Moore County

2007-12-04T15:24:16Z

Union Pines High School Honor Society had 90+ walkers and raised over $8,000 for the Moore County CROP Hunger Walk.

Macon County

2007-11-26T19:53:24Z

Bette Sloan, Walk Coordinator, (left) and daughter greet Walkers at this year's event. Photo: Franklin Press

Apex / Holly Springs, NC

2007-11-08T15:13:13Z

Nearly 200 CROP Hunger Walkers collected $7,000 and enjoyed a beautiful day in downtown Apex on November 4.

Dare County, NC

2007-11-06T15:41:52Z

Registration goes smoothly for 300+ Walkers who showed up for Dare County’s, 6K CROP Hunger Walk – the first there in more than 20 years.	Colorful CROP Hunger Walk T-shirts were given free to every registered Walker. Walk day donation totals were close to $15,000. Way to go, Dare County!
Billy Candelora, one of many who worked tirelessly on arrangements and logistics shown here with his two sons, Tyler (left) and Rylan (right). The “Captain’s Crew” band (background) played for the crowd during registration and leading up to the Step-off.	No one is too young to participate in a CROP Hunger Walk.
Lots of families with lots of strollers can be seen in the Carolina CROP Hunger Walks.	After the Walk, a family of Walkers enjoys chairs, cool water and some fruit.

Visit CWS on our online networks

2007-11-01T19:11:46Z

Church World Service has a MySpace page: http://myspace.com/cwscrop. We encourage you to explore the page and point others there, and if you already have a MySpace profile of your own, become a "friend" and spread the word.

CWS has created a "group" at www.Facebook.com. If you are a Facebook member, we hope you'll search for our group (Church World Service) and join it--and invite your friends!

We've also consolidated our YouTube presence at http://youtube.com/churchworldservice and created a "playlist" for CROP Hunger Walk videos that have been created by folks across the U.S. Take a look and become a subscriber.

Lastly, people can now download a variety of CWS banners and buttons for their own website, blog, or profile at http://www.churchworldservice.org/buttons.

Thanks for passing the word!

Avery County, NC

2007-10-26T19:15:40Z

Walkers assemble at Avery High School in preparation for the Step-off in the 25th Annual CROP Hunger Walk in Avery County. For many years running, this Walk held top honors for the highest per-capita Walker income - one year raising an average of $116 per walker. Congratulations, Avery County!

New Hanover, NC

2007-10-26T14:16:17Z

Seen cheering on her teammates from St. Andrew's Presbyterian church is Nancy Gresham.	Photos from the 2007 New Hanover CROP Hunger Walk.
A team of walkers registers for the walk around Greenfield Lake Park, in Wilmington.	Walkers stop at one of the walks "watering holes" for a sip of cool water. Temps reached 84 degrees.

Greensboro, NC

2007-10-19T18:29:15Z

Friendly Junior Womens Club members make Walk registration easy for beginners. The club has provides registrars every year for this large event.	Photos from the 2007 Greensboro, NC, CROP Hunger Walk.
CBS affiliate WFMY-TV’s Greg Kerr served at the Walk’s emcee. Making last-minute announcements is the Walk’s Arrangements Chair, Ralph Wenger.	Awilda Feliciano (right) and this year’s T-shirt designer, Emily Osborne (left) prepare to step off in Greensboro’s 27 th annual CROP Hunger Walk.
Team members – including Pam Jordan (seated) and Hamp Hunger (back row, left, and the team’s recruiter) - of St. Pius Tenth Catholic Church. Their team has had the most walkers and raised the most donations in 7 of the last 10 years.	In honor of their 100 th Anniversary as a congregation, First Lutheran Church members set goals of having 100 walkers, and raising $10,000.
Every October, one week before the Greater Greensboro (NC) CROP Hunger Walk, the schoolchildren from St. Pius X Catholic School hold a Mini CROP Hunger Walk. They collect pledges and then walk around the school's outside track. If it's raining, they walk inside, around the perimeter of their gym. They generally raise $4,000 to $5,000 and usually get good television coverage.

Children form "Blanket Brigade"

2007-10-18T15:11:08Z

Winston-Salem, NC – Children at St. Andrews Day Care Center, in Winston-Salem, did their small part to end world hunger. Armed with blankets and posters, these young children held their own CROP Hunger Walk. At the end of the Walk, they presented a check for $386.47 to Sandy McCutchan, coordinator of the Forsyth County CROP Hunger Walk. The donation was enough for Church World Service to purchase 77 blankets for children displaced by natural disaster or violence, almost twice the children’s original goal of 40 blankets.

The young children in Frances Hester’s day care class have been learning about sharing, love, giving selflessly, and hunger awareness. “A blanket is often a young child’s most valuable possession,” said Frances. “What better way to show them the importance of giving then to put it in terms they understand.” The children created a display of pictures and blankets, made posters, and talked about blankets. When the students were asked why some children didn’t have a blanket, they mentioned floods, hurricanes, and not enough money to buy a blanket.

The young children all agreed that they would be sad if they didn’t have a blanket. They didn’t want other children to be sad, so the students put a basket in their display and asked family and friends to help them buy blankets for other children.

Margaret Anderson, the center’s director, was inspired by the efforts of the children and staff. “It’s exciting to see that these young children have made a difference in our world. I’d like to challenge other day care centers to join our children in the ‘Blanket Brigade” to help even more children.” Organizers of the 2007 CROP Hunger Walk are also inspired. They hope these children will help to illustrate the importance of helping others around the world.

The 2007 CROP Hunger Walk will be held on October 21, at 2:00 p.m. at Corpening Plaza in downtown Winston-Salem, at Fourth of July Park in Kernersville, Tanglewood Park in Clemmons and at Walkertown Civic Park. Contributions from the walk support Crisis Control Ministry, Sunnyside Ministry and Church World Service.

Carolina Communion Newsletter

2007-10-12T19:25:05Z

The fall issue of the Carolina Communion newsletter is available here on the website.

Carolina Communion (pdf file - 833 Kb)

Spring 2008 CROP Hunger Walks

2007-09-28T15:41:22Z

WALK Name	WALK Date	Coordinator	Contact Information
Chapel Hill / Carrboro	April 13	Charles Williams
Durham	March 16	Jenny Shafer
Madison County	April 19	Todd Allen Kayla N. McCurry	S000148186@mhc.edu S000145239@mhc.edu
Mount Airy	May 18	Rev. Steve Lindsley
Salem / Leasburg	April 20	Kathy Burton	336-599-9803
Scotland County	April 6	Linda Nelson