WALK Day Reminders

WALK......GIVE.....HELP change the World 

one Step at a Time... Sunday Sept. 29th

• 3 PM  Registration and Fellowship Activities.  Music provided by MidLife Harmony Quartet

• 3:25 Send off blessing charge

• 3:30 3 mile Walk begins in and around Aylesford, Ashland, Kenwick neighborhoods

• Everyone will check-in at registration tables to receive WALK sticker. ALL hard copy Registration Sheets handed in listing youth (includes statement of consent) MUST be legible and complete.

• Don't forget your water bottle! Refill at Water Station, Ashland School, 1.5 mile point

• Bring 1-2 cans protein food to donate at God's Pantry station located on site

• Weather forecasts another HOT Walk Day!  Wear hat, sunglasses, light colors, drink plenty of water!

• Purchase a 50th Anniversary T-shirt (or one from last year) to wear while walking

• Poster-making table on site; DO bring one already made and ready to carry

• Volunteer crossing guards will be located at major intersections

• Everyone will adhere to ALL traffic lights, NO jaywalking, follow WALK SIGNS posted along route; Stay on Sidewalk please!

• NO scooters, NO skateboards.  Wagons, strollers, dogs OK :)

• We will Walk if light rain.  Will cancel if thunderstorm.

       WALK Day Reminders:

    As I reflect on the joy and honor organizing and doing this HEART work with my community of dedicated, loving friends and as we celebrate the profound, giving work Church World Service and God's Pantry Food Bank continue to do, may our 50th Anniversary Walk reap more than we expect!  Our $30,500 goal is attainable!  Our current on-line donations exceed all past years'; WE CAN DO THIS! 

    Abundant gratitude to each person helping to change lives as we Walk Together for ALL our neighbors in need of their most basic human rights!  See you all Sunday!

     Peace, Joy and Love,

     Judy

Getting Ready for the 2019 Walk

"I can do things you cannot, 

you can do things I cannot; 

TOGETHER we can do GREAT THINGS."

-Mother Teresa

            
Together, Sunday, Sept. 29th the Greater Lexington community will be Walking in
solidarity with all our sisters and brothers around the world who struggle to meet their basic needs; food, clean water, safety. Our Walk donations may be used, if needed, to help survivors recover from Dorian's devastation. When folks can't recover quickly from disasters, they are vulnerable to hunger and poverty. Across Central and Eastern KY over 70,000 children know how it feels to be hungry!

Together, our compassion and love for all God's people in need ignites our hearts and spirits to reach $30,500! What a grand 50th Walk Anniversary gift this will be!

  
Together, we can do this!  Currently, $2,500 online donations; we're on our way!

Walking Together
in Peace, Joy and Love,

             Judy Maxson

2018 CROP Hunger Walk Report

We make a living by what we GET

but we make a life by what we GIVE.

                    Sir Winston Churchill

    Yeah! another warm, sunny afternoon welcomed 250+ enthusiastic Hunger Fighters Sunday, Sept. 30th, 2018.

We represented a diverse interfaith community of 22 church families and 2 organizations, LexVets and God's Pantry Food Bank, from 6 counties: Fayette, Jessamine, Clark, Madison, Bourbon and Woodford. This year we welcomed 'new' friends; St. John's Episcopal Church, Versailles, LexVets organization and Versailles Presbyterian Church. We were delighted and honored Andrew Gifford, our Church World Service Community Specialist liaison, Columbus, Ohio, shared the afternoon with us; greeting Walkers, creating colorful posters, offering our send-off charge and walking!

     Upon serving my 15th year organizing and walking with each one of you and yours in our partnership with Church World Service and God's Pantry Food Bank, I am exceedingly grateful for all that we've accomplished again this year making our community and world a better place for all God's children in need. With end-of-year donations still being counted, let us Celebrate our recent treasurer's report, "very good estimate of $24,200"; the 3rd highest amount we've raised in our Walk's 31 year history!   I'm extremely confident the final tally will include the $45.00 needed to reach 2nd place! We are so close!

       Abundant heartfelt "Thank You" to one and all for giving your time, energy, resources and dedication to Our Walk Mission!  Special recognition to my Walk Team: Nell V., Kriis Z., Alice P., Nathan L., Phil M, and Dwight C.; Crestwood Christian Church for hosting another successful Ecumenical Youth Poster-making Party and 1st Christian Church, Winchester, selling water to raise Walk funds during Pioneer Day Festival Labor Day weekend & providing water at their educational station along our Walk route.  Kudos! to each Recruiter for your tenacity, commitment, creativity and diligence engaging your church, organization and community participation in our mission; several of you implementing the educational component during summer Bible School and other church school events!

         Anticipating our 2019 Walk mission with each
               one of you and yours....and others!
         Walking Together in Peace, Joy and Love,
             Judy Maxson

Save these 2019 Dates!
Recruiter's Rally, 
      Thurs. Aug. 22nd, 7 PM 2nd Presbyterian Church
Greater Lex. CROP Hunger Walk, 
      Sun. Sept. 29th, 3 PM 2nd Pres.

Pisgah Walkers

Crestwood Walkers