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o~YOr CROP WALK HUNGER DAY IN ELK RIVER <br />El ---, <br />River <br />~1HEREAS, at the end of world wax ~~ many people wanted to share our country's abundance <br />with Euxopean war victims; and Church world Service and CROP's first purpose <br />was to gather wheat and other crops from U.S. Farms fox shipment to Europe; <br />and <br />wHEREAS, today, locally-organized, Church world-Service-sponsored CROP Hunger walks <br />axe an important part of community life for more than 2,000 towns and cities in <br />the United States, bringing together people from different faiths, diverse cultures, <br />and all age groups; and <br />WHEREAS, in the last 15 years alone, CRAP Hunger walks have raised over X200 million to <br />bring help and hope to people in need in more than 80 countries, including the <br />U.S.; and <br />WHEREAS, each year CROP Hunger walks help more than 3,200 local food pantries, food <br />banks, and meal sites in the U.S. provide food to neighbors in need, including our <br />own Elk River in Sherburne County, Minnesota; and <br />wHEREAS, the Annual CROP Hunger walk will be held on April 2G, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the <br />CAER Building to help our community become aware of and concerned about <br />hunger and its causes; and <br />WHEREAS, The CROP Hunger walk will :raise funds to help stop hunger both locally and <br />globally; and <br />wHEREAS, twenty-five percent X25%} of this year's proceeds collected will be donated to <br />CAER. <br />Naw, THEREFORE, I, Stephanie l~in.zing, Mayox of the City of Elk River, do hexeby <br />proclaim Sunday, April 2G, 2009, as <br />CRAP HUNGER WALK DAY IN ELK RIVER <br />And do urge the citizens of Elk River to support this CROP Hunger walk. <br />Signed this 20~ day of Apri12009 <br />.~ <br />r. <br />N~a Stephanie ~linzing <br />City of Elk River <br />