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Last year on our 30th CROP Hunger Walk our walkers donated a record 11,000 lbs. of food.
2010
Beans 3,350 lbs.
Rice 3,000 lbs
Peanut Butter 2,550 lbs.
Other 2,050 lbs.
Some of the food was collected prior to the day of the walk by Middltown South Honor Society, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, CBA and most notably Rumson Country Day. Rumson Country Day used the food collection as a math project and so we know they collected 2,400 lbs.
All food is sorted and distributed to the following local
Monmouth County partners and agencies on the day of the walk.
AACC Food Pantry, Atlantic Highlands
Calico Cat, Middletown
Christ the King Church RC, Long Branch
Faith Reformed Church, Hazlet
First Presbyterian/with Cross of Glory, Matawan
Immanuel's Corner, Shrewsbury
Keyport Ministeriam, Keyport
Kitchen at St Marks, Keansburg
Lunch Break, Red Bank
Lutheran Church of Refirmation West Long Branch
Missionaries of Charity, Asbury Park
One Eighty (180) Turning Around Lives, Hazlet
Project Paul, Keansburg
St Anthony RC Church, Red Bank
St Michael RD Church West End
The Center, Asbury Park
Our food collection is coordinated by
Sheila Alfano and Eileen Betz
Sorting and Packing help provided
by students from Christian Brothers Academy
HUNGER FREE WITH THREE !!!
RICE - BEANS -PEANUT BUTTER
RICE - BEANS -PEANUT BUTTER
This trio of items is:
* Nutritional * Easy to Keep
* Most popular items in food pantries
At every CROP Hunger Walk, participants are asked to bring a jar of peanut butter or a package of rice or beans. Of course, many of our walkers are very generous and bring bags of requested items. In fact in the last 3 years nearly 18,000 lbs. of food has been collected. That's 9 TONS!
On the day of the walk, walk participants drop off the food before they register to walk. Adult volunteers work side by side with boys from local high schools, especially from CBA. The boys use the CROP Walk to perform their community service hours requirement for school. Their muscle power is invaluable. They separate and count the poundage in each category (peanut butter, rice, beans) and then bag and /or box the food for pick up. After the representatives from the various area food pantries complete the walk, the volunteers help them to pack their cars and vans with food. by four o'clock all the food is distributed and off to help feed needy families.
* Food pantries request ahead of the walk to share in the food collection.
* Food pantries must make arrangements to pick up the food on walk day.
* For Additional information please email redbankcropwalk@gmail.com
If your local pantry would like to be added to this list to share in the food collection please contact Sheila Alfano at redbankcropwalk@gmail.com
