Durham CROP Hunger Walk

About Durham CROP Hunger Walk

The Durham CROP Hunger Walk is celebrating 50 years of walking to end hunger in our community and around the world! Join us on Sunday, March 24th at Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC to celebrate this milestone walk anniversary. Invite your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to this fun, family-friendly event with music and educational activities for all ages.

Preparing for the Walk:

  • Register and set up your team page online so you don’t have to handle cash and checks.
  • Attend one of two Team Captain Rallies:
    • Thursday, February 8th from 5 pm – 7 pm or Saturday, February 10th from 10 am – 12 noon. Both rallies will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main Street, Durham, NC. Pick up team captain packets, brochures, bulletin inserts, and other walk promotional materials.
  • CROP Hunger Walk t-shirts will be available for a minimum donation of $5.00
  • Set your fundraising goal and recruit walkers and sponsors to support you.

Walk Day:

  • Registration for teams and individuals begins at 1:30 pm.
  • Visit the Global Village and learn about the local and global impact of your support.
  • Step off is at 2:30 pm. The full route is approximately 4.5 miles, but there will be opportunities to make it any length that works for your walkers.
  • Take pictures and videos about why you walk and share them on social media using #CROPHungerWalk, and #DurhamCROPWalk.

Instructions for Walk Donations

  • Please encourage walkers to donate online so you don’t have to handle cash and checks.
  • For walkers who choose to write a check, make checks payable to CWS/CROP and deposit them at any branch of Truist Bank into savings account #812162452. Team Captains will be provided deposit slips. Be sure your team’s name is on each slip. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHICH TEAM TO CREDIT FOR THE DONATION. If you deposit without one of our slips, please email the information to bnewlin4@gmail.com so that we can credit your team. Endorse the checks (made out to CWS/CROP) with For deposit only: Durham CWS/CROP Acct. #812162452.

Our local agencies and CWS need our support even more today. Together we can make a big difference in the lives of our neighbors locally and globally.

Thank you for walking, from CWS: watch video here.


Want to be part of a group? Check out the list of teams already started - or create your own!