They are the 852 million people who go to bed hungry every night. They are people just like you, but because of poverty they must walk to accomplish the most basic tasks:
They walk for food.
They walk for water.
They walk for firewood.
They walk to escape violence.
They walk to seek shelter.
They walk to farm their fields.
They walk to find employment.
They walk to go to school.
I’m walking the CROP Walk with a group from my church this Sunday. I have no friends (who aren’t walking on Sunday) in real life and most of my neighbors do their best to avoid me so I’m counting on readers of this blog to donate and spread the word around blogtopia (hail, skippy) so that others donate too.
The CROP Walk is a great, nationwide event. It’s run by Church World Service, which gets an outstanding rating from Charity Navigator. The walks will help hungry Americans as well as hungry families overseas. I can tell you that the food bank which operates out of my church is reporting consistent increase in demand without a sufficient increase in giving. With the President threatening to use vetoes to gum up the budget process this year, we are running a real risk of having to survive on continuing resolutions to get through another year. That means no increase in funding for programs like WIC and food stamps and nutrition for the elderly since CRs only allow for continued funding at previous levels. No allowance for increased demand. No allowance for inflation.
If you’re angry at the way BushCo and the GOP are literally starving “the beast,” then please consider giving to a CROP Walk online (mine first!) or to one in your neighborhood. We all know that charity isn’t the answer, but given the emergency the hungry are facing here and around the world, charity is the lifeboat they need to get through another day until world leaders make the simple decision that hunger doesn’t have to exist on this planet.
cross-posted everywhere I can think to cross-post it
UPDATE: I fixed the donation link but it’s still confusing. To donate, find the Team Member box at the link and click on General Team Donation.
THANKS!