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Globe/Garry Jeffries Conner Wilson and his mother, Theresa, on Sunday participate in the 15th annual Crop Walk which began at the Salvation Army at Eighth Strett and Kentucky Avenue in Joplin.

Published September 28, 2008 09:31 pm - More than 200 people of all ages walked Sunday afternoon in downtown Joplin to raise money to help lift people out of poverty.
The 15th annual Crop Walk began at the Salvation Army at Eighth Street and Kentucky Avenue, and proceeded through the downtown area with a mile walk and a three-mile walk.
Walkers from 10 churches in Webb City and Joplin, and students from Seneca and McAuley Catholic High School in Joplin provided large groups.


Walkers raise money to combat hunger



By Debbie Robinson

news@joplinglobe.com

More than 200 people of all ages walked Sunday afternoon in downtown Joplin to raise money to help lift people out of poverty.

The 15th annual Crop Walk began at the Salvation Army at Eighth Street and Kentucky Avenue, and proceeded through the downtown area with a mile walk and a three-mile walk.

Walkers from 10 churches in Webb City and Joplin, and students from Seneca and McAuley Catholic High School in Joplin provided large groups.

Walkers raised money for the event and sought pledges from the public to go toward the cause. While that amount had not yet been totaled Sunday evening, the local group raised $10,000 last year.

Twenty-five percent of the money raised locally Sunday will go to the Salvation Army, Crosslines Ministries and Lafayette House. The remaining funds will go to Church World Service, a coalition of more than 35 denominations, to provide assistance to refugees and to develop long-term solutions to hunger in the United States and in 60 other countries.

Eileen Nichols, coordinator of the walk, praised local churches for their efforts to raise money, and she said others also walked to raise awareness of the plight of the hungry.

“All major religions are commanded to feed the hungry,” she said.

Crop Walk is vehicle for doing that, and also for giving people the tools they need to feed themselves, she said.

“This is something we call all do together,” Nichols said.

Nichols, who is the director of the Webb City Farmers’ Market, said the Crop Walk program has made a difference, but not enough.

“I have a real passion for feeding the hungry,” she said. “I feel deep in my heart that no one should go hungry.”

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church at Seventh Street and Byers Avenue provided water and refreshments for the walkers as they made their way through the downtown.

Outside the church were signs, such as one that read: “Over 852 million people around the world are hungry.”



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