CROP Hunger Walk

South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk 2013 Results

Total Money Raised in 2013: $27,053.00

First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove 35 $5,486.00
Downers Grove Community Church 25 $4,670.00
Woodridge United Methodist Church 28 $3,486.00
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 26 $2,829.00
St. Andrews Episcopal Church 3 $1,850.00
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church 7 $1,685.00
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 13 $1,371.00
St. Paul's United Church of Christ 3 $620.00

Crop Walk

Sunday, October 19
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Maint Street, Downers Grove

1:30 - Registration

2:00 - Walk begins

Join the South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk!

The South DuPage community have raised nearly $600,000 over the past 25 years through holding this annual CROP Hunger Walk, which helps to support the grassroots, hunger-fighting development efforts of Church World Service (CWS) partner agencies in more than 80 countries.

It's not too late to register or donate online. Visit the South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk home page for more information.

Location: 
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main Street, Downers Grove
Date: 
Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 2:00pm

South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk 2012 Results

Total Money Raised in 2012: $30,427.36

First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove 53 $5,389.00
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 25 $5,313.46
Downers Grove Community Church 18 $3,710.00
Woodridge United Methodist Church 38 $2,706.00
St. Andrews Episcopal Church 4 $1,920.00
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church 7 $1,835.00
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 12 $1,156.00
St. Paul's United Church of Christ 8 $965.00

CROP Hunger Walk 2013

DGFUMC Team 2011

Please plan on joining the 2013 South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk, on Sunday October 20. The walk will begin at 2 pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main Street, Downers Grove. Registration information and sponsor envelopes will be available in the church office or in the parlor on Sunday mornings beginning in mid-September. You can also register or donate on-line at the CROP Walk site.

First United Methodist Church members have been enthusiastic supporters of the CROP Walk for many years. The 5K walk supports the international programs of Church World Service (CWS) and also local charities such as our own PADS site. CWS works in more than 80 countries, combating hunger and helping to purchase tools of hope that enpower people to meet their own needs.

Location: 
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main Street, Downers Grove
Date: 
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 1:30pm

"Pay To Pie" Cleans Up

October 28, 2012 - 8:15pm

Katie + Pie John + Pie

This afternoon, it was inspiring to see so many children, youth and adults selflessly step up to the plate, cover it in whipped cream and thrust it in the face of our Youth Pastor, Katie Bartholomew, and our Children's Pastor, John Smoke. As so often in our church, people responded to the challenge with amazing enthusiasm, throwing more than two dozen pies at $5 each, more than Katie and John can possibly have hoped. Even Pastor Greta joined in. At the end, they both seemed dazed by the experience. 

The event raised money for two charities that have done so much to alleviate hunger in the local community and around the world, Church World Service and Feed My Starving Children, both of which have been supported by DGFUMC over many years. This was a follow-up to the South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk a couple of weeks ago, in which over fifty church members participated, twenty of them members of Katie's youth group and John's Sunday schools. Over $28,700 has been raised by the walk so far and the eventual total is likely to be over $2,000 more than last year. Thank you to Katie and John for their enthusiastic support and to everyone who participated a couple of weeks ago and today.

Today's event was so successful that there is already talk of a follow-up, but the victims have yet to be chosen. Any volunteers?

Pay to Pie

All are invited to the gym to Pay to Pie! Pay $5 to throw a pie in either Katie Bartholomew or John Smoke's face. All proceeds will go toward the CROP walk and Feed My Starving Children.

Location: 
Gym
Date: 
Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 12:00pm

South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk 2011 Results

Total Money Raised in 2011: $27,023.15

Organization Walkers Collected
First United Methodist Church, Downers Grove 44 $4,571.00
Downers Grove Community Church 18 $2,960.00
Woodridge United Methodist Church 21 $2,765.00
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church 7 $2,021.00
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 18 $1,990.00
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 21 $1,853.00
St. Andrews Episcopal Church 7 $1,745.00

CROP Walk: Another way to give

October 13, 2012 - 8:31am

There is still a chance to sponsor Pastor Greta, Pastor Jim, or Youth Pastor Katie online before tomorrow's South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk, but there's another way you can contribute this weekend if you have a sweet tooth. 

Oberweis DairyShop at Oberweis Dairy

Download the coupon below and take it to the Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy Store in Downers Grove on the weekend of the walk (October 13 to 15) and we’ll get up to 30% back on everything you buy!

You can find the store at the west end of the Dominick's center, adjacent to Office Depot, on Ogden Avenue, between Cass and Fairview [map].

Have you ever had a pie thrown in your face?

October 13, 2012 - 8:21am

CROP Stop SignI haven’t, and as far as I know neither has John Smoke. Unfortunately for us, that is all about to change! You may have heard us engaging in some good-spirited competitive conversations or seen the posters on the church walls with pies surrounding our faces. This Sunday, pies will be thrown. But what’s it all about?

This Sunday, October 14th, First UMC is teaming up with churches and organization all around the area to walk in the annual CROP Walk. This walk drums up financial and moral support for a variety of organizations that seek to fight hunger in our local communities, our nation, and around the world. After hearing about the walk, I immediately knew I wanted to help out and was positive that others would, too. I talked to John and found out that he was positive others would want to help as well. We were both SO positive that we decided to enter into a friendly challenge between our ministries. So, this Sunday, whoever has more students from his or her ministry (for John that’s Kindergarteners-5th Grade, for me it’s 6th-12th graders) walking alongside him or her in the walk, gets to throw pies in the other person’s face.

CROP Hunger Walk 2012

DGFUMC Team 2011

Please join the 2012 South DuPage CROP Hunger Walk, Sunday October 14. The walk will begin at 2 pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main Street, Downers Grove. Registration information and sponsor envelopes will be available in the church office or in the parlor on Sunday mornings beginning in mid-September. You can also register or donate on-line at the CROP Walk site.

First United Methodist Church members have been enthusiastic supporters of the CROP Walk for many years. The 5K walk supports the international programs of Church World Service (CWS) and also local charities such as our own PADS site. CWS works in more than 80 countries, combating hunger and helping to purchase tools of hope that enpower people to meet their own needs.

Location: 
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 4501 Main Street, Downers Grove
Date: 
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 1:30pm

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