A big thank you to CUCC walkers, donors and yard sale volunteers who raised $4,000 for the CROP Hunger Walk. Of that total, $1,500 came from the annual yard sale – our highest amount ever. Leftover yard sale items found new homes serving the community. Carloads went to the Salvation Army Thrift Store, the Habitat ReStore, Green Chair Project, and Cause for Paws Thrift Store. Hard-to-recycle items ,which charities do not accept, were taken to Anything with a Plug Recycling.
To date, nearly $40,000 has been raised by the Greater Triangle Area walk with 25 percent of the final total going to five local hunger programs – Urban Ministries, Catholic Parish Outreach, Oak City Cares, A Place at the Table and Round Table Fellowship at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. The remaining funds will be added to those of CROP Hunger Walks across the U.S. to support domestic and overseas food programs. Working together, we can create a world where no one goes to bed hungry.
Before the walk began, volunteers assembled 200 hygiene kits for Church World Service (CWS).
If you would like to volunteer with others from CUCC for local projects that address hunger, contact Community Outreach Ministry Chair Charles Coble (contact info in Breeze or via office.cucc@gmail.com).