Oak Park CROP Walk Hunger Talks

Mary Catherine Hinds of Church World Service talk about the Ration Challenge. This is now a yearly event in which people pledge to eat for one week the same rations that a refugee eats in a camp after fleeing their country. The Ration Challenge will be held from Sunday, June 13 – Saturday, June 19, 2021. As stated on the CWS website: Conflict and disaster-affected communities around the world are among the most impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. A hand up—not a handout is what the challenge is about. In the podcasts is a reference to several YouTube videos, of which, the links are provided here: To find out about the ration challenge is this link: https://www.rationchallengeusa.org and to donate: https://www.rationchallengeusa.org/donate YouTube link to Ration Challenge video https://youtu.be/Us7KdEDGLgk Second video https://youtu.be/Sz93YUFyUQg Ration Challenge | Message from Fatima Third video https://youtu.be/S9LuuzWqD-g Production Kitchen Please consider making a difference by joining this challenge.

On today's episode we have a conversation with Maurice A. Bloem, Executive Vice President, Main Representative at UN Headquarters CWS (Church World Service. Maurice started the 100 mile walk in 2012 to raise awareness and funds to end hunger and celebrate the power of volunteerism, please check www.100mile.org for the latest news. Delighted that CWS received the Pioneers in SDGs: Change Maker Award by the Journalist and Writer Foundation during the United Nations General Assembly. Maurice finished his 9th 100 mile walk in in the Fall of 2020 and is preparing for his 10th later this year. Check out the website for the latest news or follow on social media via #hunger100. Or listen to his podcast via www.walktalklisten.podbean.com with over 40 episodes. He is the host of Walk Talk Listen Podcast and the official podcast page (although it is also available via Spotify, Apple podcast, Google podcast, iHeartRadio and Audible) is www.walktalklisten.podbean.com In our talk he discussed the Ration Challenge June 13-19, 2021 and to learn more see www.rationchallengeusa.org/ or his personal Ration Challenge fundraising page: www.rationchallengeusa.org/maurice-bloem His walk talk listen team Ration Challenge fundraising page: www.rationchallengeusa.org/t/walktalklisten There is an App for the 100 Mile Walk and more information www.100mile.org/our-app There are an apps for android: play.google.com/store/apps/detail…al&hl=en_US&gl=US and for apple: apps.apple.com/in/app/cws-global/id1256224134 It was indeed a privilege to have this discussion with Maurice. Recorded May 20 2021

Today we talk to two young women who volunteer at Beyond Hunger, a food pantry in the Oak Park, IL area. In April, we celebrate National Volunteer Month. The theme for 2021 is The Value of One, The Power of Many. We celebrate all of the volunteers who help with the CROP Hunger Walk to End Hunger One Step At A Time and to those who volunteer in local food pantries. At Americorp every year, they enroll more than 270,000 individuals to serve organizations making a difference in communities across America. Find out more https://www.americorp.gov In this podcast we talk about their service at https://www.gobeyondhunger.org. We too are grateful for volunteers who help us year in and year out at https://www.hwwcrop.org

Our podcast today is about youth involvement in the CROP Hunger Walk. We discuss with Harriet Hawkins how we are looking to youth to be involved and how in many respects it was youth who started this movement of helping raise money and awareness for the hungry. If you a young person in our area please contact us at the website below on how you and your friends can participate. You can learn more about our walk at our website www.hwwcrop.org or a direct link to the podcasts we have previously recorded https://www.hwwcrop.org/podcasts

Our series of Hunger Talks continues with this week's guest Jon Skogen. Jon is the National Community Engagement Manager for Church World Service. He works for CROP Hunger Walks to help them with their work to raise money and awareness for the hungry. To learn more about Church World Service and their global outreach https://cwsglobal.org/about/history/ Please join us on our 38th annual CROP Hunger Walk, Sunday, May 2, 2021 in our #virtualCROPWalk https://www.crophungerwalk.org/oakparkil

This is our first podcast for 2021 to talk about the issue of hunger. The CROP Hunger Walk is in its 38th year and on Sunday, May 2, 2021 we will have a virtual walk to raise money and awareness for the hungry, here and around the world. Included in the recording are past excerpts from podcasts done in 2014. We encourage you to listen to other podcasts that we have done to give you an awareness of the issues we experience here and throughout the world. You can learn more about our walk at our website www.hwwcrop.org or a direct link to the podcasts we have previously recorded https://www.hwwcrop.org/podcasts

This is a part of recording of a Zoom meeting held on April 14, 2020. Jerry Hills talks about how changes have been made to how they provide for their clients.

This is a part of recording of a Zoom meeting held on April 14, 2020. We hear from the Quinn Center Hunger Ministry about how the COVID-19 has impacted how the help the clients in their ministry.

This is a part of recording of a Zoom meeting held on April 14, 2020. Jon Skogen is the National Community Engagement Manager for Church World Service (CWS) and helps us with our walk for the past several years. Jon describes how the money is used by CWS, here and around the world.

We had a virtual Zoom call on April 14, 2020 and from the meeting comes this audio about the agencies that provide food and services in our area. The agencies are the ones we walk and raise money for. This our 37th annual Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk is a #virtual walk this year. We still need your help so please consider a supporting us at www.hwwcrop.org

This is an update given on April 14, 2020 at a virtual online meeting of Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk with Joanne Despotes and food agencies and team captains. This relates to our 37th year on the first Sunday in May to raise money and awareness around the issue of hunger here and around the world. Housing Forward's Trisha Marshand described how they have had to modify helping the homeless families that they serve in our community.

This was recorded April 14, 2020 on a virtual call of Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk team members and agencies who provide food in our community. Beyond Hunger in Oak Park covers a large swath of the surrounding community. They have been impacted by the COVID-19 as we all have. Hear how they have modified their distribution model and adjusted to the many things caused by the virus.

This is a recording of our Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk Team discussing the 36th annual #CROPHungerWalk for May 5, 2019. The sound may be low in areas so please adjust it accordingly.

This is an excerpt from the March 13, 2016 Doris Davenport Show with Doug Wyman, a local radio show in Oak Park, IL 1490 AM. This recording features Jon Skogen of Church World Service talking about the CROP Hunger Walk in Illinois. Jon shares how CWS services communities here in the U.S. and around the world.

First United Why I Walk - Young People Speak by Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk

Recording for our series, Why I Walk. Recorded in Oak Park, IL at First United Church of Oak Park. We spoke to Joanne, Gloria and Lois on why they walk to help the hungry.

Recordings of Why I Walk in the CROP Hunger Walk 2014, Oak Park, IL Reference to the movie Place At the Table http://tinyurl.com/lhes6w2

Doug Wyman talks about how he got involved in the CROP Hunger Walk in Oak Park. Doug is an activist in the area of hunger and homelessness.

John O'Rourke Why I Walk 140319 by Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk

This is a recording made in 2010 and posted now in 2014. This is a recording of Why We Walk in support of the CROP Hunger Walk in Oak Park, IL. We plan many more, stay tuned.