VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City-Barnes County CROP WALK for HUNGER is set for Wednesday, May 5 with registration anytime between 6:30 and 7 pm. “The CROP WALK will be a little different this year,” states co-chair, Pastor Emmy Swedlund. “We’ll be walking the “Jefferson Mile”, the mile route around Jefferson Elementary School and the Hi-Liner Athletic Fields area, and there will be 4 education stations, one station at each of the corners,” continues Swedlund.
Walkers can register at any of the 4 corners of the Jefferson mile between 6:30 pm and 7 pm, then walk clockwise around the mile path, and do it one, two, three or even times before the event closes at 8 pm. “We walk because they (those in Asia and Africa) walk”, notes Sharon Buhr the other Walk co-chair. “We walk to raise funds to help them, but they walk because they have to walk to get water, or buy items, or go to school, “ continues Buhr.