Local CROP Walk set Oct. 7

Fairfield area CROP Hunger Walk begins at 2 p.m. Oct. 7 at Central Park.

The CROP Hunger Walk is a community event and an opportunity for everyone to support fighting hunger and poverty, aiding refugees and contributing to self-help development programs for which Church World Service has been known for more than 64 years.

Church World Service works around the world, but 25 percent of what is raised at Fairfield?s CROP walk will stay in the community, given to the Lord?s Cupboard and New Life food pantries.

Registration opens at the Central Park gazebo at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 7.

Mayor Ed Malloy will speak a few words of welcome at 2 p.m. then walkers will begin one-, three- or five-mile walks.

Everyone is welcome to participate. Contact First Lutheran Church, or visit www.cropwalk.org for more information.