Well, after years of coming in second or third behind Charlottesville and the northern Virginia Walks, our area Crop Hunger Walk raised the most money of any Walk in Virginia in 2006. The total amount raised was right at $32,045.
Kudos to St. John's Evangelical Catholic Church for raising the most money from one congregation, with a total of $8,999. And hats off to Michelle Kresge who served as St. John's recruiter and in her first year in that position set a Waynesboro-East Augusta Walk record! (Just one question though: didn't someone have one more dollar they could have spared? Ha! Just kidding!)
The congregation with the most members participating was Tinkling Spring Presbyterian with 32 walkers. Thanks to Ann Gregory, Tinkling Spring's recruiter, for her help in getting the folks out.
We'd also like to recognize a congregation that had not been able to participate for a number of years and which came back in with a "bang": Shiloh Baptist. With the recruiting work of Veronica Davis to motivate them, Shiloh raised $661 dollars for the Walk, a remarkable effort. Way to go, Shiloh!
In the end, however, the success of the Walk rests on everybody that took part, from the smallest to the biggest, because each dollar raised counts and will make a difference in the work to address the problem of hunger in the world, both globally and locally.
So thanks to all of you who walked and who helped. And thanks to the One from whom all blessings flow and to Whom all blessings return, whose Word truly creates, redeems, and sustains all things, whose Spirit moves and renews the earth.
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