2008 Bloomington - Normal Area
CROP Hunger Walk Crop Walk
Q and A:
Which Bloomington - Normal organizations will be reciving funds raised by the CROP walk?
Twenty- five percent of the money raised at the B-N CROP walk will go to the following organizations: Midwest Food Bank, Home Sweet Home, Western Avenue Community Center, and St. Vincent DePaul food pantry.
How can I donate money, sponsor a walker or create my own CROP walk team?
It's EASY!! Go to www.cropwalkonline.org or click the button on the left to sponsor a walker, create or join a team, or to donate money!
Who is Church World Service?
For 60 years Church World Service (CWS) is working in some 80 countries including the United States providing various services including: donating 6.1 millon in grants, kits, blankets,and additional resources and assistantce to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma and providing assistance to flood victims in Iowa and Illinois. All over the world CWS is providing and assisting with emergency food aid and long-term development assistance, promoting educational opportunities for women and girls, supporting infant health and nutrition, creating safe drinking water sources and promoting that safe drinking water as a basic human right, and more!! For more info go to www.churchworldservice.org.
Hunger Facts
In Illinois:
41.5% - choose between buying food or paying the utilities
35.0% - choose between buying food or paying rent or mortgage
31.6% - choose between buying food or paying medicine or medical care
125,183 Illinois families who work full-time are on food stamps.
Source: 2007 Report on Illinois Poverty
