FAQ: CROPWALK SCHENECTADY

Join the Hunger Fighters!

Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty

When:

Sunday, Sunday, May 6, 2012
Registration: 12:30 (begins)
Walk begins at 1:30 (after brief opening)
Any runners start before walkers

Where:

Emmanuel Friedens Church, 218 Nott Terrace, start and end
Route loops up State Street, then downtown to return
One rest stop approximately half way
5 K Walk - Optional “Golden Mile” available

Runners welcome but not an official race
Rain/Snow Date: None, collecting funds “upfront” is “rain insurance”

Why:

to bear witness/celebrate and to raise money for hunger-fighting efforts in Schenectady and around the world.
-25% of funds will go to local Food pantries, Community Crisis Network, and Senior Meals
-remainder will go to hunger-fighting relief, self-help development and refugee resettlement needs in the US and around the world.
-special Africa and AIDS Initiative
-at work whenever the next emergency/disaster happens

How:

-walkers get Sponsor Records from recruiters or individually
-each participant seeks their own sponsors
-“Walk on the Web” option available for on line sponsors
-walkers turn in the top part or the whole Sponsor Record on Walk Day

JOIN US for this celebration, or sponsor another walker.

Walker Encouragement

Every walker will get a local CROP T shirt
$300+ Receive a special CROP bag
Recruiters receive a brightly colored local CROP shirt

Collecting Funds:

Turn in to recruiter; turn in the day of the event. After the event, funds should be turned in to your recruiter who can then take them to Key Bank, State& Erie branch. All checks should be made out “CWS/CROP”. For gift matching program information, contact the SICM office.

Materials/Questions

Emmanuel Friedens Church, 218 Nott Terrace, 12307 374-4114
Or at the SICM Office, 930 Albany Street, 12307 374-2683

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SCHENECTADY CROP WALK
SICM, 930 Albany Street, Schenectady, NY 12307
(518) 374-2683

                                                                                                February, 2011

Dear Friends,

            I am writing to invite you to the 2011 CROP Walk.

If you were among the 500+ who took part last year, thank you!  If you did, you know it is a celebration to fight hunger here and overseas.  It is also a great time for families, congregations, etc. to come together.  While it is an important event, if you have taken part you know it is also a festive time.

            I hope you will participate in this year’s event on Sunday, May 1.  The walk is held in the early afternoon and again will start and end at Emmanuel Friedens Church, 218 Nott Terrace in Schenectady.  (For those in congregations, the date is more challenging this year in that Easter is the week before.)  There are several ways to be involved:

-mark the date and plan to take part;
-bring others with you and/or bring a team
-be a recruiter for your group, congregation, etc

            Recruiters are those who engage others to take part, distribute and then receive back the walk materials.  Congregations and groups are urged to have more than one recruiter.  If you are willing to be a recruiter, or designate a person or persons to be a recruiter, you/they are invited to the Recruiters’ Workshop which will be Tuesday, March 15, 5:30 to 7 PM at Emmanuel Friedens Church, 218 Nott Terrace in Schenectady.  (The snow date is the parallel date one week later...hopefully not needed).  We will have a light supper first and then will share information and stories for this year’s celebration.

            Thanks to your support, our community provides a common witness and provides real help to fight hunger here and overseas.

Sincerely,

(Rev.) Phillip N. Grigsby
for the CROP Steering Committee

P.S.  All are welcome to join the CROP Steering Committee (we have relatively few meetings and while we work hard at the same time we enjoy it…)

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