CROP Hunger Walk Location	Date	For more information, contact the staff member listed below:
BERGEN COUNTY
Englewood	May 4
Rutherford	May 4
BURLINGTON COUNTY
Moorestown	May 4
Willingboro	TBA
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Bridgeton	TBA
ESSEX COUNTY
Livingston	April 6
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
Greater Woodbury	May 4
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Perth Amboy	April 13
MORRIS COUNTY
Randolph	April 20
Roxbury Township/Succasunna	May 4
MONMOUTH COUNTY
Colts Neck	TBA
PASSAIC COUNTY
Little Falls	April 20

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WALKS	# of YEARS	2007 INCOME
ATLANTIC
Hammonton Ministerium	8	$7,018
Mainland Ocean	33	$8,366
COUNTY TOTAL		$15,384
BERGEN
Englewood	23	$14,431
Hasbrouck Heights	11	$1,895
NE Bergen County	34	$16,261
NW Bergen County	32	$34,479
Oakland	6	$6,297
Upper Pascack Valley	33	$22,663
Ramsey	24	$8,020
Rutherford	25	$7,578
COUNTY TOTAL		$111,624
BURLINGTON
Bordentown	27	3,998
Medford Area	7	$4,114
Moorestown	29	$8,589
Rancocas	11	$1,197
COUNTY TOTAL		$17,898
CAMDEN
Cherry Hill	30	$3,478
Collingswood	10	$1,952
Haddonfield	32	$690
Haddon Heights	29	$2,163
COUNTY TOTAL		$8,283
CUMBERLAND
Bridgeton	18	$1,878
Millville	31	$3,539
COUNTY TOTAL		$5,417
ESSEX
Caldwell	18	$12,295
East Orange	26	$4,302
Montclair	30	$22,962
Maplewood/So.Orange	5	$4,913
COUNTY TOTAL		$44,471
GLOUCESTER
Pitman/Glassboro	26	$8,528
Greater Woodbury Area	10	$21,290
COUNTY TOTAL		$29,818
HUDSON
Jersey City	29	$3,751
Union City	2	$1,086
COUNTY TOTAL	28	$4,837
HUNTERDON
C.Hunterdon/Flemington	33	$18,519
Lambertville	33	$13,249
Milford /Delaware Valley	32	$3,652
COUNTY TOTAL		$35,420
MERCER
Hamilton	32	$1,997
Hightstown/WHAM	33	$27,700
Lawrenceville	9	$3,477
Pennington	25	$892
Trenton	32	$6,772
COUNTY TOTAL		$40,838
MIDDLESEX
East Brunswick	23	$5,591
Metuchen	33	$8,929
Piscataway	30	$3,933
South Brunswick	33	$3,913
So. Plainfield	10	$25
Woodbridge	33	1,036
COUNTY TOTAL		23,427
MONMOUTH
Allentown	30	$29,599
Colts Neck	32	$8,146
Freehold	32	$13,588
Long Branch		$934
Red Bank	26	$135,739
Red Bank Dance	1	$7,100
Shore Area	33	$19,867
COUNTY TOTAL		$214,973
MORRIS
Boonton	28	$2,100
Lincoln Park	19	$19,010
Mendham	30	$7,366
Morristown	30	$9,275
Reilly’s Walk	10	$10,336
Mount Olive	3	$4,174
Newton Presby/Youth	7	$1,381
Succasunna/Roxbury	26	$9,676
COUNTY TOTAL		$63,318
OCEAN
Ocean County North	25	$28,232
Tuckerton	23	$8,350
Whiting	15	$11,487
COUNTY TOTAL		$48,069
PASSAIC
Hawthorne	1	$13,120
Wayne	33	$8,486
West Milford	25	$6,972
COUNTY TOTAL		$28,578
SALEM
Salem/Cumberland		$11,593
COUNTY TOTAL		$11,593
SOMERSET
Bound Brook	22	$4,776
Central Somerset Cty	33	$16,547
Plainfield/No Plainfield	34	$9,676
Somerset	33	$6,084
Somerset Hills	33	$1,233
South Somerset County	33	$22,200
COUNTY TOTAL		$60,516
UNION
Cranford	32	$11,480
Scotch Plains/Fanwood	32	$15,927
Linden	29	$6,337
New Providence	26	$11,810
Rahway	27	$4,878
Roselle/Roselle Park	33	$6,352
COUNTY TOTAL		$56,784
WARREN
Belvidere	21	$1,163
Blairstown	22	$120
Washington	27	$2,280
COUNTY TOTAL		$3,563
NJ TOTAL INCOME (as of Feb 15, 2008)		$820,814

Thanks to all the walkers and sponsors that contributed online towards CROP Hunger Walks. Funds raised through Fall 2007 New Jersey CROP Hunger Walks total $42,220!! Walkers can increase the funds they raise by setting up a personalized web page, or sign up with others as a team, and e-mail requests for sponsorship to friends and family - near and far. Walkers can then receive credit card contributions from sponsors, or sponsors can mail their donation in. Please help spread the word about online fundraising... it works wonders! To find out more, please click here.

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For the second straight year, Maplewood resident Susan Mangasarian, 83, led members of five local churches in the annual South Orange/Maplewood CROP Hunger Walk. The Walk raised more than $4,000 to fight hunger, both close to home and around the world. Mangasarian, who has attended St. George’s Episcopal Church in Maplewood for more than half a century, challenged her fellow parishioners to sponsor her walk, and the church’s Outreach Committee made $1,000 in matching donations. Other churches participating and raising funds included Prospect Presbyterian in Maplewood; Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic and First Presbyterian & Trinity, both in South Orange; and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic in Vailsburg.

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Hunger Education/Activities

• Refugee Walk (PDF File - 243 Kb)

• Cardboard City (PDF File - 37 Kb)

• Talking Our Walk

• Hunger in a World of Plenty, (PDF File - 708 Kb)

• Making Poverty History
  

• We Can Do That, Too!

• Hunger No More – Hunger Education

• The CROP Walk Song - by Rachel E. Cooper (PDF File - 308 Kb)

• Bulletin Insert

• Just Eating Curriculum CWS collaborated with the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Advocate Health Care on Just Eating?  Practicing Our Faith at the Table, a seven-session resource exploring the link between the way we eat and the way we live.  Download the Participant's Guide (PDF, 1.4 M) and Leader's Guide (PDF, 2 M), or order online at http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/features/justeating.htm

• Facts Have Faces 4-6 page Study/Action Guides on global issues. Available on-line or as a PDF to print out and distribute.

• Thirsty Souls & Parched Lands (PDF file, 706 kb) A 6-page resource paper, part of CWS series on water.

• "Hungry Decisions" A simulation game played from a woman's or man's point of view.

• Film and Video Library Borrow an audiovisual from the CWS Film & Video Library.

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One of the smartest ways to increase your giving is through a Matching Gift program, where a company, foundation or individual will match donations, which you make to Church World Service. These matches are often dollar for dollar, which doubles your charitable-donation power. CROP Walkers in the 2003 New Providence, New Jersey CROP Hunger Walk increased their giving by $30,000 through matching grants.

How Do I Participate?

1. Ask your employer if they participate in a Matching Gift program.
   
   
2. Obtain a matching gift form and donation guidelines from your employer’s human resources or payroll department.
   
   
3. Complete the donor section of the form and submit it along with your check to:
   Church World Service, Matching Gift Program
   PO Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515-0968
   
   
4. If you participate in a CROP Hunger Walk, include the city and date of the Walk with your check and application. Matching Gift applications should be turned into the Walk treasurer who will forward it to Church World Service with the CROP Walk funds.
   
   
5. The form is processed in the Church World Service Matching Gift office and returned to your employer.
   
   
6. If approved, the company matching gift checks are sent to Church World Service to match your already generous gift.
   
   
7. If you are a member of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, contact your Thrivent Financial for Lutheran’s local chapter treasurer for more information about the “Care Abounds in Communities” program and other Lutheran gift matching opportunities.
   

Some tips…

Many companies will match personal gifts such as cash, stocks, marketable securities and even the value of your volunteer time. Companies may also match gifts from employee spouses or retirees.

Some companies do not have a Matching Gift program, but are still willing to match your donation. Go ahead and ask, and encourage them to create a Matching Gift Program.

Invite your employer and co-workers to visit the Church World Service website at www.churchworldservice.org

For more information about matching gifts, please contact Anne Regier at or call 1-800-297-1516, ext. 361 .

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“Care Abounds In Communities Program”

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans offer ways for active volunteer chapters to add to their community’s CROP Hunger Walk income through supplemental grant programs, one of which is the “Care Abounds In Communities Program”.

When Thrivent Financial chapter service teams participate in a local CROP Hunger Walk, whether through providing leadership or actively walking and seeking sponsors, chapter service teams can request supplemental dollars from Thrivent Financial.

How it works:

• At least 6 Thrivent Financial members from different households form a service team.
• Prior to the CROP Hunger Walk, the team applies to the local Thrivent Financial chapter for approval of the supplemental grant. 
• Each service team can apply for a maximum of up to $1,600.00 from their local Thrivent Financial chapter. 
• Once the Walk funds have been deposited with Church World Service and the local Thrivent Financial chapter has approved the grant application, notify the CWS Matching Gift Program in Elkhart to begin processing the supplemental grant.
  

Church World Service
Matching Gift Program; Anne Regier, Coordinator
PO Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515-0986
Toll Free: 1-800-297-1516 ext. 456 / FAX: 574/206-7880
E-mail:

Include the following information:

• Thrivent chapter name and number
• Thrivent Chapter Financial Director (Treasurer) Information - Name, Address, Daytime phone number
• The name of the CROP Hunger Walk (e.g., Shore Area, Montclair, Cherry Hill, etc.) 
• Grant approval documentation from Thrivent Financial local chapter
  

Do not send your CROP Hunger Walk funds directly to Thrivent. All Walk funds should be handled following the local CROP Hunger Walk Procedures. If required, a check in the amount to be matched will be sent to Thrivent Financial from CWS along with documentation of funds raised.

Please contact the Church World Service Matching Gift Program with any questions. Your regional CWS/CROP office is also available to assist you at 1-888-297-2767. For questions specific to the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans “Care Abounds in Communities” Program, contact the fraternal service center at 1-800-236-3736.

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Do you want to plan a CROP Hunger Walk?

• For a CROP Hunger Walk introductory packet, contact the Regional office or call toll-free, 1-888-CWS-CROP for your closest regional office.
  
  
• Resources for CROP Hunger Walk Leaders
  
• Visit the CROP Hunger Walk Resources page for materials to organize and promote your CROP Hunger Walk.

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