Below are our anticipated Spring CROP Hunger Walks. Contact us for additional information about your local CROP Walks. If you don’t see your local community listed and would like us to help you organize an event, give us a call.

COMMUNITY	DATE	COORDINATOR	PHONE NUMBER
BRADFORD
Canton	April 27	Rev. David Morris	570-673-3156
DELAWARE
Havertown	April 27	Rev. Mary Jane Kirby	610-789-2328
FAYETTE
Masontown	May 18	Rev. Geoff Rach	724-737-5585
HUNTINGDON
Juniata College	April 1	Chaplain Dave Witkovsky	814-643-4310
MARION, WV
Fairmont	May 4	Scott Ingleton	304-363-9167
MCKEAN
Kane	May 18	Rev. Mark Moore	814-837-7212
MIFFLIN
Pine Glen	May 4	Roxanne Kenepp	717-899-6354
NORTHAMPTON
Slate Belt	May 4	Rev. Frank Terhune	610-863-6859
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Hunger Event	April 12	Karen Wilson	215-430-0555
SCHUYLKILL
Tri-Valley (Hegins)	April 20	Rev. Mark Rothermel	570-648-1005
TIOGA
Wellsboro	May 4	Ms. Anna Miller	570-724-7618
WESTMORELAND
Latrobe	May 4	Rev. James Person	724-537-7273

For detailed information about the listed Walks, please call the Pennsylvania Regional Office or e-mail at .

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So you're helping to plan the annual CROP Walk – well, think about incorporating a letter writing table near the CROP Registration Table. Many of our Walks know that people show up with plenty of time before the start of the Walk and have added the option of participating in the Bread for the World Offering of Letters.

This year's letter writing campaign focuses on increasing our government's poverty-fighting efforts by at least $5 billion a year. In particular, we want this funding aimed at programs like CWS/CROP that most directly address the root causes of poverty and hunger.

Check out the new Bread for the World logo and get more information on this year's offering of letters at: www.bread.org.

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More than 30 CROP Hunger Walks celebrate their anniversaries from five to 35 years in 2008. Special commendation goes to five CROP Walks celebrating their 35th anniversary: Bellwood, Erie, Juniata County, Lebanon and Somerset. Ten other Walks reach 30 years in 2008!

Anniversary Year	CROP Walks
5 Years	Meadville, Honesdale
10 Years	Lake Winola/Dalton
15 Years	Canton, Collegeville, Wyalusing
20 Years	Newville, Duncannon Jefferson
25 Years	Kane, North Boros, Quakertown Palmerton, Scranton State College, Milton New Kensington Peter’s Township, Oxford
30 Years	Mountville, Phoenixville North Penn/Lansdale Tyrone, Morrison’s Cove Halifax, Main Line Indian Valley/Souderton Selinsgrove, Upper Perkiomen
35 Years	Bellwood, Erie Juniata County Lebanon, Somerset

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The Pennsylvania Northern West Virginia fall CROP Hunger Walks raised $1,161,912 by April 1, 2008! Thank you to all CROP coordinators, planning teams, Walkers and supporters for this outstanding achievement! This link lists all CROP Walks in 2007, both spring and fall. Those CROP Walks (19) shown in red indicate that 2007 was their very best year, raising more money than in the history of their CROP community event. The CROP Walks with green highlighting are those that doubled or nearly doubled their income over 2006. Special congratulations to the Murrysville, Northeast Philadelphia, and Selinsgrove CROP Hunger Walks for such a strong effort in 2007.

CROP HUNGER WALKS and Special Events	2007	2006
Best Ever     Highest % increase	$	$
Adams County
Upper Adams-Aspers	3690	5887
Upper Adams-Arendtsville		585
East Berlin	5133	4093
Gettysburg	4591	6125
Gettysburg Dine Out	1280	1668
Littlestown	2187	1869
Allegheny
Elizabeth Forward	1295	1725
Holiday Park-Pittsburgh	354	602
Five Boro-Leetsdale		659
Monroeville	4150	5246
North Boros-Pittsburgh	2717	1523
North Park	5977	2404
Pittsburgh East	14,409	15,028
South Hills	7668
West Allegheny-Oakdale	5165	3638
Armstrong
Apollo	2389	2314
Ford City	3723	3465
Freeport	3147	1178
Leechburg	4186	2946
Worthington	463	549
Barbor County, WV
Barbor County, WV	5133	6483
Bedford
Everbreeze	2874	6193
Berks
Bethel Fair	1200	1200
Boyertown	11,042	11,045
Birdsboro	5801	4604
Gouglersville	2207	2672
Kutztown		2655
Reading	34,344	28,345
Blair
Bellwood	1511	1794
Claysburg	1291	2532
Morrison's Cove	6466	8175
Bradford
Wyalusing	544	345
Bucks
Doylestown	10,981	11,888
Lower Bucks-Langhorne	16,955	12,957
Pennridge-Perkasie	22,783	24,815
Quakertown	11,082	12,525
Butler
Harmony-Zelienople		1834
Sarver-Cabot	4718	5453
Cambria
Johnstown	5496	3563
Portage		503
Carbon
Lehighton	4574	1928
Palmerton	4324	4151
Center
Bellefonte-Milesburg	15,850	11,466
State College	22,700	14,585
Chester
Downingtown	29,017	24,047
Oxford	20,607	15,771
Phoenixville	13,596	11,668
Royersford-Spring City	7476	10,563
Clearfield
Moshannon Valley	481
West Branch	9492	10,000
Clinton
Sugar Valley-Laganton	992	1330
Columbia
Benton	1881	2127
Bloomsburg	7400	7114
Catawissa	4088	3451
Millville	2095	2162
Crawford
Cochranton		1600
Meadville	882	1000
Cumberland
Carlisle	15,213	13,016
Mechanicsburg	7708	10,558
Newville	2877	4331
Shippensburg	4387	4883
Dauphin
Grantville	5073	3542
Golf Tournament-Middletown	5473	3227
Gratz	1697	1755
Halifax	1874	2038
Harrisburg	41,989	41,557
Hershey-Hummelstown	5299	8143
Frey Village	1,361	855
Millersburg		1659
Delaware
Havertown	2432	3075
Main Line	8005	8649
Marple-Springfield-Drexel Hill	1090	1240
Swarthmore	4242	2463
Erie
Erie	79,543	75,706
Union City	2070
Fayette
Connellsville
Masontown-German	7145	5000
Perryopolis	2347	2467
Franklin
Chambersburg	6155	7623
Waynesboro	10,180	10,000
Fulton
McConnellsburg	1988	1279
Harrison County, WV
Clarksburg	3620	3000
Huntington
Mt. Union	600	700
Juniata College	1200	2400
Juniata Valley		1702
Indiana	5000	4244
Jefferson
Brookville	4816	3099
Brockway	1014	1461
Juniata
Juniata County-Mifflintown	12,191	12,206
Lackawanna
Scranton	2000	2136
Lancaster
Akron-Ephrata	16,363	15,721
Denver	7294	6752
Donegal Conoy	9945	8815
Elizabethtown	6288	7495
Lancester	1160	1068
Lancaster	72,291	63,885
Lititz	3085	2435
Mount Joy	2221	5290
Mountville	1020	2196
New Holland	15,566	14,121
Paradise	3496	2688
SoLanCo-Quarryville	8488	6301
Lampeter-Willow Street	1425	2641
Lebanon
Annville	14,090	11,822
Cornwall		2116
Lebanon	7234	9053
East Lycoming Co.		2330
North Lebanon Co.	5931	4646
Palmyra	5444	6802
ELCO-Myerstown	3558	2252
Lehigh
Allentown	30,482	27,873
Whitehall-Coplay		2714
Lewis Co., WV
Lewis Co., WV	15,078
Luzerne
Nescopek	3596	4113
Wapwallopen	1994	1454
Lycoming
East Lycoming Co.-Hughesville	2758	2329
Montgomery	1304	675
North Lycoming Co.-Trout Run	2657	2169
Williamsport	20,124	15,363
Marion, WV
Marion Co.-Fairmont		8340
McKane
Kane	3928	6552
Mercer
Greenville	2035	3893
Shenango Valley	12,841	12,087
Mifflin
Reedsville	1027	755
Pine Glen	1680	1982
Lewistown	2764	2655
McVeytown		386
Montgomery
Collegeville	4820	4499
Harleysville		2619
Hatboro		2123
North Penn-Lansdale	25,672	20,274
Pottstown	9631	7455
Indian Valley-Souderton	8236	8998
Upper Perkiomen Valley	6085	8457
Valley Forge-King of Prussia	3889
Jenkintown-Glenside	5283
Montour
Danville	6127	4932
Northampton
Bangor-Slate Belt	Spring 08	1240
Bethlehem	25,398	21,030
Easton	14,561	14,087
Nazareth	565	1521
Moravian Square Hall	812
Northumberland
Milton	6426	7377
Watsontown	1584	992
Perry
Duncannon	5086	5659
Newport-Little Buffalo	2900	2622
Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia	6360	3127
Walk Against Hunger	1058	897
Schuylkill
Ashland	2040	2236
Tri-Valley-Hegins	2202	1261
Schuylkill Haven	5743	3038
Williams Valley	1370	2700
Snyder
Selinsgrove	5587	2545
West Snyder Co.	3924	3398
Somerset
Somerset	1097	1765
Windber	11,922	10,726
Shanksville	2354	2513
Susquehenna
Montrose		912
Tioga
Cowanesque Valley-Elkland	525	1851
Mansfield Area		2344
Wellsboro		9055
Union
Lewisburg	10,906	7698
Upshur County, WV
Buckhannon	6017	7718
Wayne
Hawley	2697	1578
Honesdale
Newfoundland	795	1446
Warren
Tidioute	670	574
Washington
Peters Township	3926	12134
Westmoreland
Harrison City	2899	2432
Latrobe	13,410
Ligonier	5592	4900
Murrysville	6438	305
New Alexandria	1426	1919
Tri-City	2821	3929
Scottsdale-Mt. Pleasant	3234	2619
Greensburg	2041
Wyoming
Lake Winola-Dalton	333	454
York
Hanover	21,063	18,387
Jefferson	8092	7206
Loganville	2878	2022
Red Land-Etters	4830	4266
Wes Albin Bike Trek	940	642
York City	42,127	35,412

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Thirty two Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia CROP Hunger Walks exceeded $10,000 in 2007 with the Erie Walk in first place with $79,543. Lancaster was not far behind, raising $72,291. Kudos to the top ten CROP Walks: Erie, Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Reading, Allentown, Downingtown, North Penn Lansdale, Bethlehem, and Pennridge Perkasie.

Two CROP Walks, Lancaster ($2,915) and Downingtown ($2,810) took top honors for the highest amount raised ONLINE. Keep up the good work!

Five CROP Walks joined the "Quarter Million Dollar+ Club" when their cumulative CROP income reached $250,000 or more in 2007: Downingtown Phoenixville, Oxford, Indian Valley Souderton, and Pottstown.

$10,000+	Amount	Walk
1	79,543	Erie
2	72,291	Lancaster
3	42,102	York
4	41,989	Harrisburg
5	34,344	Reading
6	31,229	Allentown
7	28,992	Downingtown
8	25,672	North Penn-Lansdale
9	25,398	Bethlehem
10	22,783	Pennridge-Perkasie
11	22,700	State College
12	21,063	Hanover
13	20,607	Oxford
14	20,124	Williamsport
15	16,955	Lower Bucks
16	16,363	Akron-Ephrata
17	15,850	Bellefonte-Milesburg
18	15,566	New Holland
19	15.213	Carlisle
20	15,078	Lewis Co., WV
21	14,561	Easton
22	14,409	Pittsburgh East
23	14,090	Anneville
24	13,596	Phoenixville
25	13,410	Latrobe
26	12,841	Shenango Valley
27	11,922	Windber
28	11,082	Quakertown
29	11,045	Boyertown
30	10,981	Doylestown
31	10,901	Lewisburg
32	10,180	Waynesboro

TOP Online CROP Hunger

Lancaster-$2,915
Downingtown-$2,810

MILLION DOLLAR CLUBS
Cumulative CROP Walk Totals
* indicates first year in category

One Million Dollar + Club

Erie	$1,838,196
Harrisburg	1,485,732
Lancaster	1,354,351
York	1,189,103

Three Quarter of a Million Dollar+ Club
Reading  $761,299*

Half Million Dollar+ Club


Quarter Million Dollar+ Club

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The Greenville Good Shepherd Center, local grant recipient from the Greenville CROP Hunger Walk

Good Shepherd Center, Greenville, PA Photo: Marj Stubert

“The initial idea of a food pantry has, over time, expanded to encompass a full-time ministry, that in addition to food also provides clothing, shelter, rent and utility assistance, crisis intervention, budget counseling, a free medical clinic, educational and motivational opportunities, and a holiday used toy program.” Excerpt from “About the Good Shepherd Center.”

The eyes of first-time visitors to the Greenville, PA, Good Shepherd Center are drawn to a beautiful mural lifting up this quote by Martin Luther: “I have held many things in my hands and lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, I still possess.” Guided by words such as these, it is possible to understand how the Greenville community together has been able to transform a food pantry into the amazing full-time ministry described above.

Rev. Aland Smith, Coordinator of the Greenville CROP Hunger Walk, and CWS staff member Kathy Clark toured this amazing program with Mary Ann Keeher, Executive Director. Mary Ann’s faithful belief in our ability to recognize Christ in the “least of these” and in the possibilities we share in making a difference are readily apparent. Housed in a cinder block building in downtown Greenville, the Good Shepherd Center is broadly ecumenical, supported by 24 Board Member Congregations. Run mostly by volunteers, the Center is alive with activity from the clothing store and “Treasures” shop to the behind the scenes receiving and sorting of contributions to the free medical clinic and to the hot meal program. This ministry brings God’s blessings and encouragement to all participants, recipients and volunteers alike. The Good Shepherd Center is a powerful example of how holistic a community assistance program can be.

Thank you to the community of Greenville and your “…[firm] belief that the ministry of the Good Shepherd Center is God’s work and He will lead the way through the coming years. ‘Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path…’” Psalm 27:11

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Top Walker: Toppy Spears Photo: Julie DeMotte

She had promised her pastor that she would walk for twenty years – God willing. And, she did. But in that twenty years, Toppy became the top CROP Walker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and more importantly, she developed an extensive and generous CROP Walk Family - so she is still walking and still breaking records. This past fall, Toppy topped her top year one more time. She raised, through the loving support of her CROP Family: $10,173 for a 22-year total of $82,526!! In recognition of her Top Walker Status, CWS presented her with her own engraved CROP Walking Stick. We love you Toppy! We love your witness of compassion and your passion for helping others.

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The Pennsylvania regional office is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Photo Contest. Walk photos were selected on the basis of content, creativity and utility. Three winning Area CROP Hunger Walks were selected. Each received an additional CROP Walk contribution of $25.00. From the three winning Walks a Top Prize of an additional $25.00 was awarded to the Walk deemed to best represent the nature and purpose of our annual CROP Hunger Walks.

TOP Prize: Allentown CROP Hunger Walk – Allentown used international photos, local food bank photos and local CROP Hunger Walk photos on their local blog page to illustrate the caring partnerships that are at the heart of every CROP Hunger Walk. Their blog page can be seen at: allentowncropwalk.blogspot.com	Photo: Chris Herlinger
Photo: Debi Olphin	Photo: Karen Lee Ensley

Our other winning CROP Hunger Walks are: Johnstown and Grantville.

The folks who walk from the First UMC in Johnstown have this history of wearing "crazy hats” in a spirit of uplifting a joyful fellowship among Walkers." The unity of purpose, ending hunger, can be illustrated in many ways.

Photos: Tim Lentz

Photo: The Grantville Ministerium

Grantville capitalized on receiving their 30th Anniversary CROP Hunger Walk engraved walking stick with this photo that appeared in the local papers prior to their anniversary walk that raised their best total in the past three years.

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The Luther Crest CROP Hunger Walk. Photo: Karen Schmidt/CWS

The Luther Crest CROP Hunger Walk takes place at one of three locations of the Allentown CROP Hunger Walk. Luther Crest is a large and growing retirement center in Allentown. The Luther Crest CROP Walk started seven years ago. In 2007, children from the Lehigh Valley Lutheran School in Whitehall joined the residents. Hand-in-hand or pushing wheelchairs, both young and old walked or rode around the hallways of the facility and outside into the parking areas. So far, the Luther Crest CROP Hunger Walk has raised over $2,400. Many thanks to principal, Ms. Sandy Cogley, the teachers, students, and parents of the Lehigh Valley Lutheran School for a wonderful experience for young and old alike.

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Do you want to plan a CROP Hunger Walk?

Check out the resources listed below, for hunger graphics, media information, educational resources and a material use guide.

• For a CROP Hunger Walk introductory packet, contact the Regional office or call toll-free, 888-CWS-CROP for your closest regional office.
  
• Regional CROP Resources
  
• Visit the CROP Hunger Walk Resources page for materials to organize and promote your CROP Hunger Walk.
• Walk Strategies – Tips to help you have a successful event! (PDF file - 58kB)

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