AmeriCorps Partnership to End Homelessness Blog: CROP Walk: Fighting Hunger One Step at a Time!

Hunger: a Problem in YOUR Backyard!

We've all see "THOSE" ads on TV. The ones where the pretty actress is holding emaciated,with their hunger distended bellies, but yet still somehow smiling, children, and pleading for YOUR help of just "a dollar a day" in order to provide these children in the developing nation of focus with food and hope.

At that point you usually leave the room to grab a tissue in order to dab at your leaking mascara, and ask yourself, "How can I help? I'm just one person! Those children in sub-Saharan Africa, or in Haiti, or India don't need me! They need a miracle!"

Well, honey, those children, AND the children on the home turf need YOU!

Not many know that Greensboro, North Carolina is FOURTH, let me repeat that, FOURTH in the NATION for people reporting food insecurity. 1 in 6 Americans won't get enough food today, and 1 in 4 children in Guilford County will go to bed hungry tonight.

Hunger is very much a real issue happening right here in the United States of America, and, may I add, the most affluent nation in the world! The good news is, there IS something YOU can do about it! And WE did!

The AmeriCorps Partnership to End Homelessness Team at Greensboro Urban Ministry's Annual CROP Walk for Hunger

The AmeriCorps Partnership to End Homelessness Team, with the help of some very awesome volunteers and donors, raised $857 to be donated to Greensboro Urban Ministry, to fight domestic hunger as well as to send internationally and provide aid to those who need it world-wide! Our team, and volunteers recruited by team members, also walked in Greensboro Urban Ministry's 5k CROP Walk for hunger to show our support and dedication to this amazing cause.

Overall, we had a wonderful day! The weather was gorgeous, and we found some ways to have fun at the walk!