Participants will gather on the Dinkins Hall lawn at Winthrop University and travel
down Oakland Avenue and throughout downtown Rock Hill. Registration for the CROP Walk will begin at 2 p.m. and the walk kicks off at 3 p.m.
Prior to the kick off, walkers will be treated to various interactive and educational
activities.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA — South Carolina's oldest CROP Walk will take place Sunday,
Nov. 5, in what is the event's 40th anniversary.
Rev. Ricky Howell, organizer and a United Methodist campus minister with the Winthrop Wesley Foundation,
said this year's York County CROP Walk will feature a 3.5 mile route similar to that
of last year's walk.
Participants will gather on the Dinkins Hall lawn at Winthrop University and travel
down Oakland Avenue and throughout downtown Rock Hill.
Registration for the CROP Walk will begin at 2 p.m. and the walk kicks off at 3 p.m.
Prior to the kick off, walkers will be treated to various interactive and educational
activities.
CanStruction, a competition encouraging groups to create sculptures out of canned food items,
will again be a part of this year's festivities. Participants in the CROP Walk will
view the creations at St. John's United Methodist Church in downtown Rock Hill and
vote on their favorite. The creations are made by youth groups, college student groups
and other groups participating in the walk.
After the walk, the canned food items will be donated to local food pantries.
York County's CROP Walk has raised more than $750,000 in 39 years, with more than
$185,000 remaining with local agencies.
CROP Walk is the community hunger appeal of Church World Service. The organization represents 36 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican churches in the
United States working with indigenous churches and organizations in more than 80 countries.
There is no admission price for the walk, but participants are encouraged to bring
at least one canned food item to be distributed to a local food pantry.
For more information on the CROP Walk, contact the Wesley Foundation at 803/327-5640 or e-mail Howell at yorkcountycropwalk@gmail.com. For information on Canstruction, contact Val Kenney at vkenney@stjohnsrh.org or at 803/327-3113 ext. 230.
