Spencerport Crop Walk raises local and global funds

Area Spencerport residents will be gearing up to join in the Spencerport Area Crop Walk to be held on Sunday, May 7 at 1 p.m. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. The walk this year will start at the Methodist Church on Amity Street, walk over the bridge to the north side of the canal and walk along the canal path to the bridge in Adams Basin, and return.

Organized locally, the Spencerport Area Crop Walk has set a goal of 100 walkers and hopes to raise $5,100 to help stop hunger in the community, nationally, and around the world, through self help development initiatives. One quarter (25 percent) of the funds raised here in the Spencerport area will go to the local food shelf.

Last year, 80 walkers raised more than $4,800 in the 2005 Spencerport Area Crop Walk. Five walkers in this group raised more than 25 percent of the total.

The Spencerport Area Crop Walk is one of some 2,000 interfaith, community Crop Walks taking place around the country under the theme "you can make a difference."

Church World Service, the sponsor of Crop Walk, is presently involved with the Tsunami recovery and Katrina recovery in many different ways.

For information on this year's Crop Walk, contact Bob at 352-4290, John at 352-3448, or Carolyn at 352-6561.

April 16, 2006