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91 Walk to Defeat Hunger

Sun, Oct 17, 2010

91 Walk to Defeat Hunger

Ninety-one people negotiated this year's CROP walk to raise money for and awareness of the need to combat hunger locally and elsewhere.

Most of them walked, but one skateboarded the route that started at the First Baptist Church, wound through the village, across the Colgate campus and back to the church. A number of the participants -- including the boy's modified soccer team and several other HCS athletes -- ran the course and one made it around in a wheel chair. And, as with any event in Hamilton, several dogs participated as well.

CROP -- Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty -- is a program of Church World Services to raise money to combat hunger locally, in the US and around the world.

Locally, the Hamilton Food Cupboard serves about 140 families. Some 23 percent of students at HCS qualify for free or reduced priced meals.

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