Below is a sample CROP Hunger Walk news release. Download a Microsoft WORD version of this release to edit as you see fit.

News Release

Name of WALK and/or community] CROP Hunger Walk -- helping end hunger locally and globally

Contact: [name]
[address]
[phone, fax, and/or e-mail]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[Name of Walk and/or community] CROP Hunger Walk to be held on [date].

Organized locally, the [Name of Walk and/or community] CROP Hunger Walk has set a goal of [number] Walkers and hopes to raise $ to help stop hunger and poverty here in our community and around the world, through self-help initiatives. A portion of the funds raised here in will go to the [e.g. hunger-fighting work or food pantry] of [name of local agency(ies)].

Last year, [number of Walkers] Walkers raised more than $ in the local CROP Hunger Walk.

This year [name of community] and some 2,000 cities and towns nationwide are joining together in interfaith community CROP Hunger Walks around the theme "We walk because they walk." Many of the CROP Walkers will be wearing "We walk because they walk" T-shirts, proclaiming their solidarity with the millions of neighbors around the world who have to walk to live -- as well as with the millions served by local food pantries, food banks, and meal sites here in the U.S. These local ministries share in the funds raised by CROP Hunger Walks.

Ethiopia is just one of the many places around the world where CROP Hunger Walks are making a big difference. Some 120,000 drought-affected people are receiving food, cash to purchase food, and seeds to restart farming activities with the help of Church World Service and partners.

CROP Hunger Walks continue to play a big role in the continuing saga of U.S. Gulf Coast recovery and rebuilding. In the long wake of Hurricane Katrina, Church World Service has worked to get thousands out of FEMA trailers and into new or repaired homes. And, now Church World Service is helping to provide emergency supplies and long-term recovery support to hurricane affected communities in the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast.

For more information about the CROP Hunger Walk, contact [coordinator, recruitment chair, or congregation or group and phone number(s)].

CROP means Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty.