CROP Walk volunteers to hand out water during Labor Day run

CROP Walk Water Wagons
During the Skaneateles Labor Day parade CROP Walk volunteers will be distributing free water among the parade watchers. The water bottles serve as a reminder of the Skaneateles Area CROP Walk to be held on Sunday, October 23 at a new venue- Austin Park (the old ice rink) at 1 E. Austin St. Registration is at 12:30 pm with the Step-off at 1 pm. The new venue allows us to walk indoors should the weather become uncooperative. We will have a few interactive challenges and some one-minute presentations by our CROP volunteers while people gather to register in the lobby of the arena.
Additionally the water bottles come with a challenge. Clean drinking water is a gift that millions of persons around the world do not have access. CROP’s parent organization, Church World Service helps hundreds of villages around the world dig new wells; so that there is clean drinking water available. Not only does this keep the villagers healthier and free of water-borne diseases but the time and effort saved by not having to walk five miles one way to a muddy water source frees children to go to school and families to raise gardens. People are encouraged to take their empty CROP water bottle home and then drop a dime in it every time they drink a bottle or glass of water. The dime-filled bottles can be returned at our CROP Walk event at Austin Park on October 23 or to Skaneateles United Methodist Church, 26 Jordan St., by October 31 (Office hours 9-1, M-F). These dimes will be added to our CROP Walk revenue. 25% of the funds raised stay locally to support our area food pantries. While you watch the parade, you can also keep an eye out for the CROP Walk Water Wagons.