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A CIRCLE OF THE HEART
(14 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1986)
With a style all their own, folks in three very different communities - Jefferson, Iowa; Middlebury, Vermont; and Omak, Washington - put their love and global concern into action by supporting their local CROP WALK. The title song expresses the interconnectedness felt by the walkers in these communities. Cleared for TV broadcast.

CROP WALK: OUR NUMBERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
(7 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 2002)
You can shape international policy, dig wells, provide disaster relief, teach people to read, eradicate landmines, build irrigation systems, find homes for refugees, deliver medicine to remote villages, teach people how to grow their own food, protect children, stock local food pantries, and defend human rights. It's simple. Watch this video to find out how. Cleared for TV broadcast.

CROP WALK: YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
(7 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 2003)
By joining in your local CROP WALK you can feed the hungry, protect children, help refugees, fight for human rights, sustain hope, heal the sick, and change the world. See how you are helping families and communities around the world--with agricultural programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, rehabilitation and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and water resource development in Malawi. Cleared for TV broadcast.

FOOTSTEPS OF HOPE
(10 Minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adults)
The story of how CROP WALKS and CROPWALKERS footsteps are making a resounding difference inthe lives of children and families in Honduras and around the world. You'll meet the Dominguez family and celebrate the sounds of hope in their lives — voices reading in a literacy program, women sharing their concerns and dreams in a support group, fresh water fowing from the community's water system. You'll sing along with 11-year-old Baltazar and 5-year-old Federico at they give voice to the hopes and dreams of their family and community — and with folksinger Jim Strathdee, whose specially composed, Honduras-inspired "Walking with the World" adds a toe-tapping coda. Cleared for TV broadcast.

FROM SMALL SEEDS: CROP HUNGER WALKS - GROWING LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS
(13 minutes - DVD - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 2007)
This video highlights the people and passion of a Michigan CROP Hunger Walk, played out against dramatic footage of and interviews with Guatemalan farmers who have been helped by CROP Hunger Walk funds. This multi-faceted piece presents the featured video in two lengths - one full with a music video at the end and one a shorter five-minute version - along with five Minutes for Mission, a CROP Hunger Walk PSA, and the CWS 60th anniversary video. Walking in a CROP Hunger Walk can help change the world, and this video shows how.

HEART & SOLES
(9 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 1995)
Each year more than 300,000 CROP Walkers put heart and soles in motion to help stop hunger. Join in some of the 1,900-plus CROP WALKS organized locally across the U.S. to celebrate tired feet and tireless volunteers--the miles and the smiles. Since 1969, CROP WALKS and Walkers have been putting a lot of soul into the fight against hunger, but there are still steps we need to take together. Join in and become inspired. Cleared for TV broadcast.

HEART TO HEART
(9 Minutes - VHS, DVD - Age level: Middle School to Adults, 2005)
Chronicles and celebrates CWS's Kits. We see the journey of the Kits from the congregations and groups who put their hearts into each Kit, to the Brethren Service Center in Maryland, where all Kits are processed and shipped to their destination, as seen through the eyes of a committed church youth group. Filmed in Kenya, Serbia, and across the U.S. Cleared for TV broadcast.

LOCAL MOTION: PARTNERS ON THE JOURNEY
(9 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1993)
Celebrate tireless volunteers and tired feet, the miles and the smiles -- the CROP WALK. Around the corner and across the continent local people and programs are in motion in the fight against hunger. We see some of the programs, along with the partners who carry them out. And, we encounter people for whom walking is a daily journey of survival. Cleared for TV broadcast.

PSALM FOR WALKING
(10 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1987)
A joyous reflection on the components of a CROP WALK for the hungry - churches joining together, walkers making a commitment, sponsors offering their support, and the peaceful satisfaction of well-deserved sore feet as the funds are added up and the harvest is reaped on behalf of those people the world over who walk at least as far every day. A good pre-walk motivator for all ages and groups. Cleared for TV broadcast.

RAINBOW OF CARING
(9 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 2000)
The story of how the Church World Service TOOLS & BLANKETS Program creates a rainbow of help and hope each time the right tool is placed in the hands of people in need. This fast-moving, upbeat video highlights some of the many primary tools that can create a palette of possibilities for people devastated by tragedy, as well as those working to build a better life for themselves and their communities. Among the rainbow of tools are the gift of living water, blankets, a harvest of help and hope, and education for lives and livelihoods. And, you'll meet some of the people who are living hope-filled lives thanks to these tools. Cleared for TV broadcast.

SIGNS OF HOPE: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
(9 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 1996)
In this excerpt from the video "Signs of Hope," which aired on ABC-TV in the fall of 1995, we explore the excitement of a CROP WALK in Exeter, New Hampshire, and the commitment of the people involved. Participants enrich their knowledge of the developing world while raising financial and spiritual aid for people abroad and within their own communities. Along the way, they learn that helping other people can be a lot of fun, too. Cleared for TV broadcast.

A SPIRIT OF CELEBRATION
(15 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1984)
In Alamance County, North Carolina, folk singers, cheerleaders, cloggers, peace cranes, street theatrics, and more than 3,000 walkers share a common joy and commitment. Join us as the people of Burlington, North Carolina, put their feet where their hearts are -- to help CROP stop hunger. Cleared for TV broadcast.

STEP BY STEP
(10 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 1989)
In more than 1,900 CROP WALKS across the U.S., local people walk. Throughout the Third World, local people walk. What's the connection? CROP WALKS allow people to share their energies and gain support for grassroots development, such as the vital work of Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas (Social Service of the Dominican Churches), a Church World Service partner agency. Cleared for TV broadcast.

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
(10 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1978)
An up-close and personal look at the Pomona Valley, California, CROP WALK, one of the largest CROP events in the nation. Ideal for generating enthusiasm among volunteers and potential walkers. Winner of an award from the New York Film Festival. Cleared for TV broadcast.

TURNING THE TIDE: AFTER THE TSUNAMI
(11 minutes - VHS, DVD - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 2006)
The story of CWS's response to the tsunami in Indonesia, told by those who were on the front lines of the disaster. An up-close and personal view of what TOOLS & BLANKETS offerings help make happen — from blankets to boats, tents to nets, seeds to hammers. See how the right tool at the right time makes a world of difference.

WALK WITH THE WORLD
(7 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 1998)
This video takes you into the story of how CROP WALKS and CROPWALKERS are leaving imprints of hope around the world. You'll see how Church World Service/CROP is making a difference in one of the world's poorest places -- Cambodia. There, and in many countries around the world, people have to walk every day to survive. Your CROP WALK helps people help themselves in more than 80 countries around the world -- including the U.S., where more than $3 million from CROP WALKS is designated for community food pantries and meal sites each year. Cleared for TV broadcast.

WALKING TOGETHER
(10 minutes - VHS, DVD - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 2005)
Walking. All over the globe people walk. Some for fun and exercise. In the developing world, though, people walk to simply survive. And each year here in the U.S. hundreds of thousands of people walk because they walk -- in solidarity, in unity, in their community CROP WALK. Join us as we walk with a young Kenyan, Esther Warimu Kariuki. Cleared for TV broadcast.

WE ARE PILGRIMS
(4 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 1992)
"Come and walk beside us, we're all one family!" proclaims this wonderfully inspiring and motivating music video as it help connects CROP Walkers with people worldwide who walk miles each day to meet the basic needs of their families. Cleared for TV broadcast.

WE ARE SIMPLY ASKED
(12 minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1982)
A sensitive, heartwarming glimpse of the Columbus, Ohio, CROP WALK, one of the largest hunger walks in the nation. A happy-go-lucky clown, when invited by a little girl to participate in the walk, makes the move from complacency to concern and action. Wonderful music, from classical to folk. Cleared for TV broadcast.

WE CHANGE THE WORLD
(5 minutes - VHS, DVD - Age level: Lower Elementary Grades to Adult, 2004)
It's remarkable what your gift will do. This four-and-a-half minute music video juxtaposes scenes of what your gifts to Church World Service can make possible with Babbie Mason's inspiring song. The video is an ideal compliment to a CWS TOOLS & BLANKETS celebration, a CROP WALK kick-off event, and a worship service -- perhaps as an offertory or a call to worship. It's excellent for small or large groups of all ages, from children's programs to church school classes to adult Bible studies.

WITH WINGS OF HOPE
(7 minutes - VHS - Age level: Middle School to Adult, 2001)
Since ancient times, the crane has been a symbol of peace and long life for the Vietnamese. During the war, the cranes disappeared from the country. Today, as the land is healing from its war wounds, the cranes are returning to Vietnam. With wings of hope, the rebirth of Vietnam is happening. You can see it in the children, in the smiles, in their spirit, as they soar with a future of hope and promise. This video lets you walk with young people — and the young-at-heart — in the United States as they let their caring take wings in their local CROP WALK. In some 2,000 communities every year they're walking to help children and families in Vietnam and in more than 80 countries, including the U.S., have food, education, clean water, land where it's safe to walk and play — everything that this generation and generations to come deserves. Cleared for TV broadcast.

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