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Standing Up Against Poverty: USA

CROP Hunger Walker
Photo: Kathy Hansen

“When we heard that the annual Stand Up Against Poverty effort to set a Guinness World Record was going to happen concurrently with many CROP Hunger Walks across the Indiana-Kentucky Region (Oct. 15-16), we asked if our walkers could be counted,” recalls Rev. Judy Dunson, Church World Service Regional Director. “We put the word out to several of the Walk Coordinators so they could get their counts to me. The Greater Indianapolis (Indiana) Walk had over 930 participants, the DeKalb County (Indiana) Walk reported more than 200, and one church in Davies County (Kentucky) reported 19 walkers.”

“I was pleased to let our Walkers and volunteers know they were doing two very important things on October 15,” said Rev. Walter Hubbard, Coordinator of the Greater Indianapolis CROP Hunger Walk. “The crowd cheered when they learned their efforts to raise funds in the fight against hunger were also part of the worldwide witness to the commitment to end poverty. They know that hunger is merely a symptom of the more complex problem of poverty.”

For more information on CROP Hunger Walks call 888-297-2767.
For information about the Stand Up Against Poverty Campaign visit www.standagainstpoverty.org.

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