The 27th Annual Naperville Area

October 18, 2009

The Naperville Area CROP Walk

PLACE:    The Walk begins and ends on Center Street between Benton and Franklin Streets and near First Congregational (United Church of Christ), Center and Benton Streets; Wesley United Methodist Church, 19 E. Franklin St.; and Community United Methodist Church, 20 N. Center St. (Center Street is one block east of Washington St.)  

PARKING:  Please use the Naperville parking deck west of the Post Office or in the Naperville parking deck east of Washington St. between Chicago Ave. and Jefferson Ave.  (access the upper levels of the deck from Jefferson Avenue),  or on the street east of Central Park.  Please do not park in the Regency Bank Lot (the southwest corner of Center St. and Franklin Ave.), or on Center St. between Benton and Franklin Avenues.

TIME: Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. The Walk starts at 1:30  p m.  Plan to arrive early.

GOALS:   The Walk has a goal of recruiting 700 walkers and raising $72,000.

ROUTE: Walkers may chose a route of  5 Kilometers (3.1 miles), or 1 Kilometer (.6 miles).  The routes will go through residential areas of Naperville.  The only rest stops are at the beginning and the end.. A 10 K option is also available.   Walkers are encouraged to carry their own drinking water, in order to reduce the number of plastic  bottles in landfills.

WHAT IF IT RAINS:  The Walk will take place rain or shine. Suggestions for inclement weather from the CROP Walk Committee.

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE: 

• Be a recruiter

• Be a walker (in a team or as an individual)

• Be a sponsor 

• Walk on the Web (click here to contribute or make a pledge online)

• Help to publicize the walk in your church or organization                

• Pray for those who are walking

• Help post signs along the route

• Help at registration on day of walk

• On  the day of the walk, bring food staples to place in the Loaves and Fishes truck

• Help as a marshal to guide people on the route

• Help clean up during and after the walk

Contact the CROP Walk Chairperson, Rev. Duane Mevis at 630-428-3942 for information about how you can help. 

WHERE TO GET WALKER AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS:  Ask the recruiter from your church or organization or contact Phyllis Pepiot at Grace United Methodist Church, 300 East Gartner Road, Naperville,  630-355-1748 x 222.

One hundred percent of the pledges raised goes toward food distribution organizations and to Church World Service for reducing hunger worldwide. Any expenses for the local Walk are covered by a corporate sponsor.

"The Walk will take place - rain or shine!"