subscribesubscriber servicescontact usabout ussite mapBuy a Classified
Wed, Nov 25 2009 

Published: May 18, 2006 10:11 am    print this story  

Residents set to walk for a good cause again Sunday

HUNGER: Organization holds six-mile walk for food pantries.

BY JEFF SHAW
The Tonawanda News

Susan Gregg will be taking a long walk along the Niagara River on Sunday, but she’ll have plenty of company. She’ll be accompanied by familiar faces who take the walk with her every year.

Gregg will be participating in an annual charity event for the Christian Rural Overseas Project known as the CROP Walk. Her husband, Robert, has been organizing the event locally for more than 25 years.

“My oldest daughter is 29 and I can remember pushing her in the umbrella stroller,” Gregg said.

The charity raises money for food pantries locally and fights hunger on an international scale as well.

“It’s very important,” Gregg said. “It means a lot to the community. A lot of people depend on food pantries.”

The program represents an alliance of churches from the Town of Tonawanda, Kenmore, Amherst and the cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda that actively seek support for area food pantries and battle hunger overseas. Out of the money raised, which totaled more than $9,000 last year, 25 percent goes to local organizations.

Howard Boswell is pastor of Kenmore Presbyterian Church and has been walking with Gregg for a very long time.

“I’ve been walking in CROP Walks probably for 25 years,” he said. “Hunger is an incredibly critical issue throughout the world. Literally, people are starving everywhere in the world. We have the ability to feed everyone if we could just use the funds that we have.”

CROP Walkers have spent the past weeks raising money for the fund and will take a 6.2-mile trip down the Niagara River from the City of Tonawanda’s Miller Band Shell in Niawanda Park to the South Grand Island Bridge.

Part of the event’s success comes from its low administrative costs, which makes sure that more money goes to fighting starvation instead of paying off the costs of the event.

“For every dollar that’s raised, 80 to 90 percent goes directly to that relief,” Boswell said, “which is far better than other organizations.”

For more information on CROP or the event, contact Robert Gregg at 481-1786.

Contact Jeff Shaw at 693-1000, Ext. 157.



If you go

• WHAT: The annual CROP Walk for local and international food pantries

• WHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday

• WHERE: The Miller Band Shell, Niawanda Park, City of Tonawanda

print this story  



autoconx
Premier Guide
Find a business

Walking Fingers
Maps, Menus, Store hours, Coupons, and more...
Premier Guide
Featured Jobs

Hospitality/Tourism Instructor
Hospitality/Tourism. NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE is seeking applications for part-time instructor to teach hospita...>MORE

Driver
DRIVERS – CDL A
TEAM DRIVERS NEEDED FOR
DEDICATED RUNS
No touch freight............Good miles
...>MORE

Grill Cook
GRILL COOK & Waitresses, exp only, full time. Apply within 2021 Main St. Nia Falls ...>MORE

Dietitian
Dietitian with duties to incl. cooking & ability to give direction in a health facility's dietary dept. Benefits incl. 4...>MORE

OFFICE HELP
Office help, p/t, must have exc. computer/word processing skills, fax 877-2029 or jimshotwell@roadrunner.com, NO CALLS...>MORE

DRIVER
Driver, light pick up & delivery, need own car, know WNY, valid NYS driver lic., good pay 694-1251...>MORE

PHONE SALES
PHONE sales, great pay, exp. a plus, nice NT office, FT/PT, hrly. +, Pete or Mike, 694-1251...>MORE

Warehouse
Warehouse, Assembly
Production & Cleaning
1st, 2nd & 3rd shifts
Sanborn, Grand Island
Amherst & Tona
...>MORE

Adult Residential Services Administrator
HUMAN SERVICES
Progressive Niagara County Agency serving adults with psychiatric disabilties seeks an Adult Reside
...>MORE

Used Car Lot Helper
USED CAR Lot Helper misc. duties, valid driver’s license, great work environment. For details 731-2319 ask for Mr. Dan...>MORE

See all ads

Feature Autos

Dodge 1993 Dakota 4x4
FORD 1999 WIndstar, LX, fully loaded, 38k miles, $3850. Excellent condition 860-4747...>MORE

1999 Dodge Caravan
DODGE 1999 Caravan, 33, V6, auto, A/C, 99k miles, good cond., runs great. $1950. 525-7796...>MORE

Chevy 1995 Pickup
CHEVY 1995 Pickup truck, 4WD, 5 speed, must see, never had plow on it, $2800 bo, 804-5579...>MORE

1984 Cadillac Eldorado
CADILLAC Eldorado 1984, runs, inspected, $500. 283-3552....>MORE

Yamaha 1982 , 750
YAMAHA 1982, 750, runs perfect,
low mileage, $895.
716-525-2889
...>MORE

Chevy 1994 High Topper Van
CHEVY 1994 High topper van, high road miles, mechanically sound, $900 or bo, 716-510-8105...>MORE

1996 Saturn Sport Coup
SATURN 1996 Sport coup, 4 cyl, auto, exc cond in & out, loaded, CD, no rust, 97k orig. mi, $2195. 523-7102....>MORE

Ford 1999 Windstar
FORD 1999 WIndstar, LX, fully loaded, 38k miles, $3850. Excellent condition 860-4747...>MORE

1996 Ford Escort
FORD 1996 Escort 4 cyl, 2 dr, exc cond in & out, no rust, 1 owner, only 61k orig mi, $2195. 523-7102...>MORE

Ford 1998 F150
FORD 1998 F150, standard cab, 4wd, excellent shape, $3495.
716-525-2889
...>MORE

See all ads




 

Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.CNHI Classified Advertising NetworkCNHI News Service
Associated Press content © 2009. All rights reserved. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Our site is powered by Zope and our Internet Yellow Pages site is powered by PremierGuide.
Some parts of our site may require you to download the Flash Player Plugin.
View our Privacy Policy
Advertiser index