2012 Champaign/Urbana Crop Walk
2011 CU Crop Walk raised $30,065
25% of the funds raised support the following local hunger and food programs:
- Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
- Eastern Illinois Foodbank
- TIMES Center
Important Dates for 2012
- Rally Day
- Date: March 21st, 2012
- Time: 7:00pm
- Location: University Place Christian Church (Springfield between Wright and 6th, Champaign) (Map)
- Walk Day
- Date: April 22nd, 2012
- Time: Walk starts at 2:00pm
- Location: University Place Christian Church, Champaign
- Collection Night
- Date: TBA
- Meeting Time: TBA
- Location: University Place Christian Church, Champaign
Setup Web Donations
Church World Service provides a service for your group and individuals to accept web donations, just go to the CWS website to setup up your group and individual walkers. Setup only takes about 10-15 minutes. Please let Jon Gunderson (398-4543 or jongund@gmail.com) know if you setup a donation page and he will put a link to your group on the website. It is also a great way to advertise your group.
Sign up your group or join a group to receive web donations today
CU-CROP Walk Groups on the Web
- Please let Jon Gunderson know after you sign up your group
Note: You need to create an account as an individual to accept on-line donations for your group. You can also keep track of your in person donations in your account and send e-mails to family and friends to solicit donations.
Important: When you create a new group, can you please send Jon Gunderson (jongund@gmail.com) an invitation to donate to your group so I can get the link information to update the website.
Forms
Walk Day
- Meet at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Urbana by 1:45pm (Location)
- Bring the top sheet of your pledge form and give it to your group leader
- Your group leader brings all the forms at one time to the registration desk
- Sit with your group, look for the pew with your group name on it
- There will be a short introduction, recognition of new walkers and the walkers with most sponsors, and a dedication of all the walkers be for walking begins.
- There are two designated churches along the way for resting, getting water and going to the bathroom
Help Needed
- Crossing Guards for Walk Day
- Please contact Esther Portnoy (367-8853) if you would be willing to be a crossing guard on walk day