Events

Annual Events

CROP Walk
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Alternative Giving Fair
Feinstein Challenge

 

One Time Events

2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009

 

CROP Walk

Crop Walks raise money for both new and on-going projects every year. Recently, money raised from Crop Walks have provided building supplies to returning Rwandans so that they can rebuild their lives and homes. It also continues to assist the survivors of the December 2004 tsunami disaster, as well as the survivors of the recent hurricane Katrina.  Crop Walks’ funds continue to help people in Haiti, whose houses and lives have been uprooted due to the Tropical Storm Jeanne and the resulting extreme drought. Raising money to eradicate hunger is especially important this year because of the millions of people facing a catastrophic food shortage in Niger. These examples only touch on the number of people’s lives that will be saved and the amount of hope brought to different parts of the world due to generous donations to Crop Walkers, by people like you.

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National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Started in 1972 at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, this week of coordinated activities has since become the nation's most widely organized hunger and homelessness event on campuses. Co-sponsored by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness and the National Coalition for the Homeless, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week consists of a series of events designed to educate the campus community, increase community service, and build campus and community coalitions. More than 450 campuses and communities regularly participate in the week by organizing sleep outs, community service events, fasts, educational programs, and letter-writing campaigns. For more info, visit: http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org.

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Alternative Giving Fair

This event is much like a traditional market setting with many different booths selling lots of different gifts. It is meant to be an enjoyable shopping experience for all who attend, with entertainment, food, and fun decorations. Gifts are purchased by people attending the fair, much as they would shop for traditional gifts in a store...except these gifts are for national and international humanitarian projects focused on saving lives and preserving our planet. This particular fair includes two components: “alternative gifts” that support a variety of different causes (involves a donation to a specific project) as well as tangible gifts (tapestries, jewelry, mugs, etc.) made by people from developing countries.. It is meant to be an enjoyable shopping experience for all who attend, with entertainment, food, and fun decorations. Gifts are purchased by people attending the fair, much as they would shop for traditional gifts in a store...except these gifts are for national and international humanitarian projects focused on saving lives and preserving our planet. This particular fair includes two components: “alternative gifts” that support a variety of different causes (involves a donation to a specific project) as well as tangible gifts (tapestries, jewelry, mugs, etc.) made by people from developing countries.

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Feinstein Challenge

The Feinstein Challenge is a national food and fundraising drive that will collect over 3 million food items/dollars to benefit hunger relief agencies in communities across the country. For the past eight years, the Feinstein Foundation has pledged $1 million to be distributed among hunger relief agencies that organize food and fundraising drives during the months of March and April. Each agency receives a portion of the $1 million based on the amount of food and money it collects during this time period in ratio to the total amount of food and money raised nationwide. In other words, the more food and money an agency raises, the more money it will receive from the Feinstein Challenge. This is a great fundraising opportunity and incentive, as many agencies have said that featuring the Feinstein Challenge in their mailings and telephone solicitations has increased their donations two or three times their usual returns!

This year, the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness (a national non-profit organization) has teamed up with the Feinstein Foundation to work with colleges, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools to host food drives and fundraisers to support hunger relief agencies. With just a little work, we can all help to end hunger in our communities using this great fundraising opportunity and incentive. The Feinstein Foundation is providing the money and motivation, the National Student Campaign is providing the network and materials, and local schools and agencies are providing the volunteers, ideas, and action!

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