Charlotte Celebrates 30 years of help for the Hungry!
1946 - Church World Service began with 17 denominations working together to fight hunger.
1947 - CROP (Christian Rural Oversees Program) was begun by Christian clergy and laypeople (farmers) as a way to send seed, grain and livestock to war-torn Europe.
1955 - Church World Service and CROP merged.
1969 – The first CROP Hunger Walk began on October 17th in Bismark, ND, raising $25,000 with a thousand people walking 25 miles.
1978 – The first Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk raised over $19,000 with several hundred walkers.
1988 -The Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk had grown to over 7,500 walkers and raised almost $215,000 adding Second Harvest Food Bank as a recipient of CROP Hunger Walk grant money.
1988- The Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk celebrated 10 years of bringing the community together to fight hunger.
1991: By 1991 the Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk had raised over $1 million to feed the hungry.
2004 - Approximately 11,000 walkers participated in the Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk and raised $266,434.97.
2004 – The Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk raised over $5 million to stop hunger.
2005 - An estimated 6,000 walkers, raising over $260,000, to help fight hunger and address hunger-related issues in the 27th Annual Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk.
2007- Over $279,000 was raised to feed the hungry in Charlotte and around the world!
2008- The Charlotte Crop Hunger Walk celebrates 30 years of walking together to fight hunger!
In the last 30 years:
$5,878,918.72 has been raised by CROP Hunger Walkers to feed Charlotte and the world!
$1,444,799 of that money raised has been used by hunger fighting agencies in Charlotte!
The Charlotte CROP Hunger Walk continues to be the most successful walk in the world----Thanks to your efforts!
