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Test Your Knowledge About Hunger
CROP Hunger Walks are ending hunger one step at a time in local communities and around the world. Test your knowledge about global hunger...
Nick Menninga
Mar 2, 20161 min read
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Raised $1,300,000 Thus Far
Today we have our first team meeting to plan for the 2016 CROP Hunger Walk. We are happy to welcome several new team members and look...
Nick Menninga
Jan 16, 20161 min read
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Make Your Voice Heard
Closeup photograph of little cute girl biting apple I called my representatives in Congress to support #CNR2015 Child Nutrition...
Nick Menninga
Oct 26, 20152 min read
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Helping Communities Recover
As we celebrate Earth Day today and as we come closer to our walk on May 3, 2015, I am reminded of some of the questions asked about the...
Nick Menninga
Apr 22, 20151 min read
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Local Agency We Support
With 14 days until the CROP Hunger Walk we add another one of the agencies we support in this area. The Prevail overview of what they do...
Nick Menninga
Apr 19, 20151 min read
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Thank You Recruiters
Last night we had a gathering of recruiters who helped get us to over $72,000.00 for the 2014 CROP Hunger Walk in Oak Park, River Forest...
Nick Menninga
Sep 18, 20141 min read
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100 Mile Walk Touches Oak Park
Maurice A. Bloem a Church World Service Executive Vice President will do his THIRD 100 mile Hunger Walk. He will walk from June 15-20,...
Nick Menninga
Jun 10, 20141 min read
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Day In Our Village Recap
It was heart warming to have the discussion with people who believe in the cause of “ending hunger one step at a time.” If you wish to be...
Nick Menninga
Jun 8, 20141 min read
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Hunger in the U.S.
Sign on the 2014 CROP Hunger Walk in Oak Park Hunger in the U.S. Families in Crisis At the CROP Hunger Walk we strive to make the issue...
Nick Menninga
Jun 1, 20143 min read
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Day In Our Village Tomorrow
Now you can come talk to us about what it is that we do. Get information about the work we do to help local agencies and needs around the...
Nick Menninga
May 31, 20141 min read
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What Does 5,000,000 Mean
Currently, well over 2,000 communities across the U.S. join in more than 1,600 CROP Hunger Walks each year. More than five million CROP...
Nick Menninga
May 30, 20141 min read
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Did You Know?
68 percent are over 18, average age is 33.5. About two-thirds are women. 64 percent of CROP Hunger Walkers over age 18 have a college or...
Nick Menninga
May 26, 20141 min read
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Hunger is a ‘silent crisis’ in the USA
A USA today article points to the ‘silent crisis’ of hunger in this country. We have seen the good work out local agencies do in...
Nick Menninga
May 24, 20141 min read
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Nick Menninga
May 22, 20140 min read
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Photos of 2014 CROP Hunger Walk Online
The photograph above is of the CROP Hunger Walk Team that organized this year’s walk. Many thanks to photographers: Ethan Colchamiro,...
Nick Menninga
May 14, 20141 min read
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Photos of the 2014 CROP HungerWalk
Thank you to Ethan Colchamiro, Mary Faywith, Julia Jones and Sonya Thompson. who participated in taking these wonderful photographs. It...
Nick Menninga
May 12, 20141 min read
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Get Notification for Photos & Videos
Since the walk is over, there will not be many more Blogs. By signing up you will be the first to know when the photographs from the Walk...
Nick Menninga
May 5, 20141 min read
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Food Hunger in America
As mentioned in a recent recording of “Why I Walk” series, the film “A Place At The Table” was referred to. This is the trailer for the...
Nick Menninga
May 3, 20141 min read
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Why I Walk – Video of Nancy Masterson
In our series, Why I Walk, we have the story and the support of Nancy Masterson. Nancy has been walking in the CROP Hunger Walk for the...
Nick Menninga
May 2, 20141 min read
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Young People – Why I Walk
There are also young people half a world away who benefit from the funds raised at the CROP Hunger Walk. This is a video of the way...
Nick Menninga
May 1, 20141 min read
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