The seventeenth annual Putnam County CROP WALK was held on Sunday, October 21, 2007. The Walk started at the Lake Mahopac Methodist Church and crossed Route 6 to enter the Putnam Trailway. It continued on the Trailway to the Drewville Road pedestrian bridge and then returned to Lake Mahopac Methodist for refreshments. The total distance is about 6 miles. Click here to read this year's final report.
We are affiliated with the national CROPWALK program of Church World Services, which was founded in 1946. Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox,and Anglican denominations. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS supports sustainable self-help development, meets emergency needs, and helps address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.
Within the U.S., Church World Service assists communities in responding to disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies, provides educational resources, and offers opportunities to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring through participation in CROP WALKS, the TOOLS & BLANKETS Program, and the Gift of the Heart Kit Program.
CROP WALKS form the foundation for the work of Church World Service -- without them they would not have been in a position to respond immediately to the victims of hurricane Katrina. Thanks to that support they had staff trained in emergency response immediately available and could begin shipping material assistance (Kits and CWS Blankets) to the affected areas within hours.
Make a Difference!
$4,000,000+ The amount shared by CROP WALKS each year with local food banks, pantries, and community gardens.
2,000 Approximate number of communities around the country who will hold a CROP WALK this year involving people of all faiths!
$1,600 Cost of a building kit--wooden beams, window frames, lintels, doors, nails, plastic, cement, and other materials-for an Afghan family rebuilding their home in the wake of war.
$100 Cost of field and garden seed for six families
$30 Cost of three pairs of rabbits to increase families' incomes.
A number of local congregations are currently recruiting walkers. Each CROP WALKER obtains sponsors to support this drive. Donors may elect to have their donation sent to certain organizations other than Church World Service, including Adventist Development and Relief Agency, American Friends Service Committee, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Baptist World Aid/Baptist World Alliance, CARE, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Heifer International, Project HOPE, International Orthodox Christian Charities, Lutheran World Relief, Medical Assistance Program, MAZON, Mennonite Central Committee, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Outreach International, Southern Baptist International Mission Board, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, World Relief/National Association of Evangelicals.
Local Churches Participating:
Church of the Holy Communion, Mahopac; Drew United Methodist Church, Carmel;
First Presbyterian Church, Mahopac Falls;
Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel;
Lake Mahopac United Methodist Church, Mahopac;
Mount Hope United Methodist Church, Mahopac;
Temple Beth Shalom, Mahopac
For more information, or to become a walker or a sponsor, please contact Marjorie Williams at 845-279-5941 or send an email to cropwalk@putnam-online.com
Church World Service
Member Communions:
African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Alliance of Baptists, American Baptist Churches USA, Armenian Church of America (including Diocese of California), Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Church of the Brethren,
The Coptic Orthodox Church in North America, The Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Friends United Meeting, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Hungarian Reformed Church in America, International Council of Community Churches, Korean Presbyterian Church in America, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Mar Thoma Church, Moravian Church in America, National Baptist
Convention of America, National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, Orthodox Church in America, Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A., Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Polish National Catholic Church of America, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., Reformed Church in America, Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada, The Swedenborgian Church, Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America,
United Church of Christ, The United Methodist Church
Affiliated Organizations:
American Bible Society, American Leprosy Mission, Church Women United, Heifer International, Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc., Ludhiana Christian Medical College Board, Lutheran World Relief, Mennonite Central Committee, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Young Men’s Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association — Church World Service is an expression of the ecumenical family of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
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For more information about the national CROPWALK program, please click here.
