Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk

Church World Service CROP WALKS Barrington Walk History Project Hope St. Anne Catholic Church Barrington Area Ministerial Association PIN Project Northern Illinois Food Bank Barrington Meals With Wheels FISH Food Pantry Barrington Giving Day Wauconda Island Lake Food Pantry

The Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk is an annual community hunger education and fund raising 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 is supported by churches, schools, civic organizations, businesses and individuals in the Barrington area. Twenty-five percent (25%) of all funds raised is allocated for local agencies that serve people in need of food. Those recipient agencies for 2008 are listed on the left and pictured below. Click on them for more information. The 26th Annual Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk will be held Sunday, October 19, 2008. Presbyterian Church of Barrington is chair of the event. The Walk will begin and end this year at Lutheran Church of the Atonement, 909 East Main Street, Barrington. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. on October 19. Members of the 2008 Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk Committee pictured are: (l to r) Back Row: Rick Jurs, St. Paul United Church of Christ, Barrington; John Grom, Community Church of Barrington; David Chidley, member at large; Barbara Schmidt, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Barrington; Konrad Bald, Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Barrington; Betty Reed and Kathy Wahlborg, Barrington United Methodist Church. Front Row: Mary Anderson, Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Barrington; Barbara Schwartz, Presbyterian Church of Barrington and 2008 Chair; Janet Young, Regional Director for Church World Service; Pat Enders, Salem United Methodist Church, Barrington. Not pictured are participating representatives from Barrington High School, First Church of Christ Scientists, Messiah Lutheran Church, St. Anne Catholic Community, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Wauconda Federated Church and Willow Creek Community Church. 2008 Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk names 26th Annual Grand Marshalls, Kirk Murdock and David Kelsch David Kelsch (L) and Kirk Murdock (R) became best friends in High School. David graduated Barrington High School in 1983 and Kirk in 1985. They have been doing fun things most weekends since then. This is David's 5th year walking in the crop walk and Kirk has been walking over 6 years. David works at Barrington High School in food service and Kirk at Northern Ill. Medical Center in McHenry. Both Kirk and David represent the devoted spirit that exemplifies the meaning of CROP: Communities (and people) Responding to Overcome Poverty. Local agencies receive funds from area CROP Hunger Walk The 2007 Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk Committee was pleased to present checks to local agencies from funds raised in the Walk last Fall. The total raised was $66,397.85 with 25% or $16,572.75 for local hunger needs. Pictured (l to r): Barbara Schwartz, Chair 2008 Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk; Konrad Bald representing the Northern Illinois Food Bank in the absence of Sue Erickson; Sarah Hoban, Barrington Council on Aging and the Meals With Wheels program; Pat Karon, Barrington Giving Day; Joanne Miller, Wauconda Island Lake Food Pantry; Marilyn Mack, FISH Food Pantry, Carpentersville; Mary Anderson, PIN Project of the Barrington Area Ministerial Association. Not Pictured: St. Anne’s Project Hope. The Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk was well represented in the 2008 Barrington Fourth of July Parade. For more information, contact Mary E. Anderson, 126 Hidden Oaks Drive, Barrington, IL 60010, phone 847-381-9213, fax 847-381-9213, email rlameander@aol.com