Nearly fifty people from ten Fall River churches and organizations gathered on October 15, 2011 at St. Mary's Parish Hall to raise approximately $5,000 in funds for the Greater Fall River Council of Churches CROP Walk. CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local congregations or groups to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world. Currently, well over 2,000 communities across the U.S. join in more than 1,600 CROP Hunger Walks each year.  More than five million CROP Hunger Walkers have participated in more than 36,000 CROP Hunger Walks in the last two decades alone. All of the money raised is channeled through Church World Service, an ecumenical agency with a long track record of working with established mission agencies and projects throughout the world. Twenty-five percent of the money raised helps feeding ministries in Fall River. Click here for photos of last year's walk. Contributions can still be made to the Fall River drive at Cropwalk.org by clicking on the DONATE button. For more information about the event, contact organizer Toosie Margolies at 508-675-4198 or 508-677-5353. (Photos courtesy of Diane Patalano)

(Top row, left) Rev. Donald Mier of First Baptist Church of Fall River welcomes participants to this year's Crop Walk at St. Mary's Parish Hall. (Top row, right) Rev. James Hornsby of St. Luke's parish greets Mayor William Flanagan. (Top row, right) Rev. Joan Ayers greets walkers as they leave the hall. (Second row) Led by organizer Toosie Margolies walkers head out onto the street. (Third row) Walkers head up Second Street toward Ruggles Park. (Bottom row) Walkers return to St. Mary's for a lunch together.

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