More Details about the Crop Walk: April 14th at the UU Church in Urbana

The big day is coming soon! On April 14 our church is hosting the community-wide CROP Hunger Walk. As you know, the six-mile walk will start and end here at the UU Church. Following are a few more details about the event that you may not know. On the day of the walk we will be collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank. This is an additional way of donating to the walk that is recommended by the organizers of CROP Walk. In addition to people from our own congregation, walkers from other organizations may be bringing food items as well. We will have a table set up to collect these donations. The UU Walkers are busy collecting donations and/or pledges at this time! A few of us have registered on the C-U CROP Hunger Walk 2013 website, since donations can be made directly online by credit card or Pay-pal. You may want to try this because it is an easy way to collect donations. It is a good idea to collect your pledges as soon as you can. However, don’t worry if you don’t have everything by April 14. You will actually have another 2 weeks to get your donations in to Sandy Hannum and Nancy Dietrich. We appreciate having your envelopes as soon after the walk as you can comfortably manage. The snack providers can bring any kind of hand-held food. Walkers from the entire community will end up here, so we need many, many snacks. We know that this is an area of great expertise in this congregation, and we appreciate your help tremendously!! Snacks can be taken to the church kitchen on the morning of the walk, and must be clearly labeled for CROP Walk so that they are not mistaken for Sunday morning hospitality. The building hosts will be sort of super-welcomers. This important role involves making the walkers from the community feel welcome, directing them to Fellowship Hall where they will find the snacks and drinks, and also the bathrooms. If they should happen to show an interest in our church, then you can take advantage of the opportunity to engage them in a discussion. We will make sure the literature racks are well-stocked! If you signed up to direct traffic we will put you in touch with Esther Portnoy, who will assign you a spot and give you instructions. The Hunger Initiative team thanks everyone for participating in all these different ways!