Walk to Help Fight Hunger

The Greater Lexington CROP Hunger Walk invites people of all ages and faiths to join in providing resources to fight hunger around the world and around the corner. Funds raised through the CROP Walk help people in more than 80 countries through self-help development, disaster response, and refugee services.

In 2007, $ 17,545.00 was raised by the Greater Lexington CROP Hunger Walk with approximatley 400 walkers coming from 30 groups. A Church World Service grant equivalent to 25% of the funds raised by the CROP Walk was received by God's Pantry Food Bank. Through a special donor-designated option, the World Relief Commission of the NAE also benefited from the Walk.

Join us for our next CROP Hunger Walk on Sunday, September 28, 2008. For information on how to contact the local Walk Coordinator, call toll free (888) 297-2767 or send an e-mail to in@churchworldservice.org. Join online as a Walker or Sponsor (after July 1, 2008) by clicking on "Register today" box.

Don’t live in the Lexington area? Find a CROP Hunger Walk near you by calling toll free (888) 297-2767.

Lexington Walk Coordinator Honored

Judy Ellis, Lexington Walk Coordinator, is one of three selected for the 2006 CROP Honor Roll by the Indiana & Kentucky CWS/CROP Regional Office. The award was presented to Judy by Regional Director Rev. Judy Dunson at a Second Presbyterian Church service.

Judy Ellis has served on the Fayette Co. CROP Hunger Walk Team since 2000, and is the current Coordinator. She is a member of Second Presbyterian Church (Lexington), and was honored in October 2006 with the Faith in Action Award from God’s Pantry, the local agency which receives the CWS grant based on the funds raised by the CROP Hunger Walk. Judy actively promotes the CWS Tools and Blanket Program at church and, for the past eight years, has served as her church’s representative to the Downtown Christian Unity Task Force (co-sponsors of the CROP Walk). She and her husband Glenn have two adult daughters with four grandchildren. Judy plans to retire in 2009 after 40 years as a Registered Nurse.