Barrington CROP Walk sets goal for 30th year
The Barrington Area CROP Walk turns 30 this year.
The Barrington Area CROP Walk is an annual community hunger education and fundraising event sponsored by Church World Service, an international ecumenical relief, development and refugee resettlement agency providing assistance in the United States and around the world. The walk takes place throughout the village of Barrington, beginning at Lutheran Church of the Atonement, 909 E. Main Street, with registration at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14.
To learn more, contact chairman Paul Vogel, cropwalk55@yahoo.com or (630) 212-5816.
In honor of the 30 years friends and neighbors have walked to raise awareness about hunger, the committee has set a goal of a 30 percent increase over last year’s total of $39,000. Twenty-five percent of all funds raised in Barrington stays in the area, benefiting the Northern Illinois Food Bank, the FISH Food Pantry, Carpentersville, BACOA Meals With Wheels, Wauconda-Island Lake Food Pantry, Project HOPE, the People in Need program of the Barrington Area Ministerial Association and Barrington Giving Day.
Members of the 2012 CROP Hunger Walk planning committee include: Betty Reed, Chris Streed and Linda Osikowicz, Barrington United Methodist Church; John Grom, Community Church of Barrington; Kim Schmidt, First Church of Christ, Scientist; Paul Vogel, Lutheran Church of the Atonement; Karen Logan, Messiah Lutheran Church, Wauconda; Barbara Trumbull, Presbyterian Church of Barrington; Laura Cerretani and Adrienne Kalmes, St. Anne Catholic Community; Pam Jensen, Christine Melone, and Barbara Schmidt, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church; Lisa Blakeslee, Tammy Knutson, and Caroline Chen, St. Paul United Church of Christ; Pat Enders, Salem United Methodist Church; Mary Steffen, Wauconda Federated Church; David Chidley, member at large.
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