The CROP Walk is a fund raising activity of Church World Service (CWS). Founded in 1946, CWS is a cooperative ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican demominations, providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world.CWS works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world. Together we reach out to neighbors in need near and far--not with a hand out, but a hand up. If you’re looking to help build a better world—a world where there’s enough for all—you’ve come to the right place!
Around the world, Church World Service supports sustainable grassroots development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance, and we educate and advocate on hunger-related issues. In the U.S., we help communities respond to disasters, resettle refugees, promote fair national and international policies, and provide educational resources. Recognized as one of America's Most Efficient Charities, Church World Service has earned an A rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy and was named one of the Top 100 Highly Rated Charities by GiveSpot.com.
Dearborn / Dearborn Heights CROP Walk Committee
The Dearborn / Dearborn Heights CROP Walk Committee invites you to join us in helping to plan the Dearborn / Dearborn Heights CROP Walk and help to serve the needy around Metropolitan Detroit and around the world. If you are interested in finding out more about or joining our local CROP committee, please call Joel DeHamer at (313) 565-0562 or e-mail the CROP committee atMail_box@dearborncropwalk.org .
What drives us: Our goal is to help aliviate hunger locally, nationally and internationally.
People: The Dearborn / Dearborn Heights CROP Committee is composed of Ellis Cornell, Joel DeHamer (pictured) Lynn Grunst (pictured), and Bill Watt.
The committee :The local CROP committee has been active since 1980, raising nearly $700,000 to fight hunger.
