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On May 1, Eagle County residents can help end hunger in the local community and worldwide.
At 2 p.m., County Commissioner Jon Stavney will kick off the first annual Eagle County CROP Hunger Walk in Eagle.
Walkers can participate in either a noncompetitive 1-kilometer or 5-kilometer walk along the paths of Eagle Ranch, ending back at the Dusty Boot in Eagle, where a celebration party will take place.
Events will precede the CROP Walk as well.
A “Progressive Dinner” is planned for Friday, April 22. Participants plan to start at Bonfire Brewing in Eagle at 5:30 p.m. to register for and discuss the Hunger Walk. From there, participants will proceed to other venues for more food and drinks throughout the evening, which will end with a DJ and dancing at Bonfire Brewing.
A pre-party with music by the Great Divide Band is planned at the Grand Avenue Grill in Eagle from 5 to 10 p.m. April 29.
Additionally, a “restaurant week” will feature local restaurants that are donating 10 percent of food sales on certain nights of the week leading up to the Hunger Walk.
So far, Paradigms Restaurant is donating 10 percent of sales on Wednesday, April 27. Grand Avenue Grill is donating on Friday, April 29, and Dusty Boot and Luigi's Pasta House are donating sales from Sunday, May 1.
People can sign up for the CROP Walk as individuals or as teams. An individual can also sign onto an existing team. Registration and donations are made online at www.cropwalkonline.org/eagleco.
“Don't wait until the last minute to sign up,” said Liz Merrick, one of the CROP Walk organizers and co-director of the Eagle County Food Bank.
Of funds raised by Eagle County CROP Walkers, 25 percent of the proceeds will go the Eagle County Food Pantries while the remainder will help aid starving people throughout the world.
“We're just trying to keep our food bank full and help the community,” Merrick said. “There is a definite need here.”
Currently more than 400 households per month in Eagle County are benefiting from the services provided by the Eagle County Food Pantries and other Salvation Army services, said Tsu Wolin-Brown of the Salvation Army.
“Our local residents are affected by hard economic times and are in need of help,” Wolin-Brown said. “The Salvation Army needs your help to continue providing services to those in need of assistance. We cannot forget our Eagle County neighbors who are struggling. This event will also help provide basic food to starving people in third world countries.”
This first annual event is sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Church World Service to help raise money and stop hunger and poverty.
“This isn't a church thing, though — this is a hunger thing,” Merrick said. “People sometimes shy away when they think it's a church thing.”
For more information about Eagle County CROP Hunger Walk, go online to www.cropwalkonline.org/eagleco to register, or find them on Facebook at Cropwalk Eagle County. People may also call Liz Merrick, at 328-9190, or Debbie Taagen, at 390-3324.
At 2 p.m., County Commissioner Jon Stavney will kick off the first annual Eagle County CROP Hunger Walk in Eagle.
Walkers can participate in either a noncompetitive 1-kilometer or 5-kilometer walk along the paths of Eagle Ranch, ending back at the Dusty Boot in Eagle, where a celebration party will take place.
Events will precede the CROP Walk as well.
A “Progressive Dinner” is planned for Friday, April 22. Participants plan to start at Bonfire Brewing in Eagle at 5:30 p.m. to register for and discuss the Hunger Walk. From there, participants will proceed to other venues for more food and drinks throughout the evening, which will end with a DJ and dancing at Bonfire Brewing.
A pre-party with music by the Great Divide Band is planned at the Grand Avenue Grill in Eagle from 5 to 10 p.m. April 29.
Additionally, a “restaurant week” will feature local restaurants that are donating 10 percent of food sales on certain nights of the week leading up to the Hunger Walk.
So far, Paradigms Restaurant is donating 10 percent of sales on Wednesday, April 27. Grand Avenue Grill is donating on Friday, April 29, and Dusty Boot and Luigi's Pasta House are donating sales from Sunday, May 1.
People can sign up for the CROP Walk as individuals or as teams. An individual can also sign onto an existing team. Registration and donations are made online at www.cropwalkonline.org/eagleco.
“Don't wait until the last minute to sign up,” said Liz Merrick, one of the CROP Walk organizers and co-director of the Eagle County Food Bank.
Of funds raised by Eagle County CROP Walkers, 25 percent of the proceeds will go the Eagle County Food Pantries while the remainder will help aid starving people throughout the world.
“We're just trying to keep our food bank full and help the community,” Merrick said. “There is a definite need here.”
Currently more than 400 households per month in Eagle County are benefiting from the services provided by the Eagle County Food Pantries and other Salvation Army services, said Tsu Wolin-Brown of the Salvation Army.
“Our local residents are affected by hard economic times and are in need of help,” Wolin-Brown said. “The Salvation Army needs your help to continue providing services to those in need of assistance. We cannot forget our Eagle County neighbors who are struggling. This event will also help provide basic food to starving people in third world countries.”
This first annual event is sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Church World Service to help raise money and stop hunger and poverty.
“This isn't a church thing, though — this is a hunger thing,” Merrick said. “People sometimes shy away when they think it's a church thing.”
For more information about Eagle County CROP Hunger Walk, go online to www.cropwalkonline.org/eagleco to register, or find them on Facebook at Cropwalk Eagle County. People may also call Liz Merrick, at 328-9190, or Debbie Taagen, at 390-3324.
