When CROP began in 1947 (under the wing of Church World Service, which was founded in 1946), the name was an acronym for the Christian Rural Overseas Program; its primary mission was to help Midwest farm families to share their grain with hungry neighbors in post-World War II Europe and Asia. Reflective of a program that for several decades has been both urban and rural, CROP is no longer an acronym; it is the name given to community, interfaith hunger education and fundraising events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by 22 CWS/CROP regional offices across the U.S.


Our local agency designate to receive funds from CROP is the Tarrant Area Food Bank. TAFB provides food, resources and nutrition education to over 13 counties &f will receive one-fourth of the funds raised. The remaining funds will go to Church World Service to alleviate hunger & poverty in 80 countries throughout the world.
Church World Service is a cooperative ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations, providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in more than 80 countries.
Within the U.S., Church World Service assists communities in responding to disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies, provides educational resources, and offers opportunities to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring through participation in CROP WALKS, the TOOLS & BLANKETS Program, and the "Gift of the Heart" Kit Program.
Each year, some 2,000 communities across the U.S. sponsor CROP WALKS.
 
Nationally, upwards of 200 corporations match employee gifts and/or volunteer hours to the CROP WALK. Locally, thousands of businesses and media outlets support their community's CROP WALK, providing T-shirts and other supplies, turning out teams of Walkers -- and in many other ways too numerous to list.
 
The Fort Worth CROP Walk began in 1983 and since then it has grown into both a walk and community event working to bring together individuals and communities from all over Fort Worth to fight hunger both here in our neighborhoods and worldwide.  Come join us in keeping the tradition alive!