HUNDREDS TAKE STEPS TO FEED HUNGRY; CROP WALK FOOT SOLDIERS ASSIST NEEDY.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 9, 1998 | Copyright information

Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer

Hundreds of people across Ventura and Los Angeles counties took to the streets Sunday to raise money for and awareness of world hunger.

Nine different communities participated in the 1998 CROP Walk, and more than 30 others have walks planned for future weekends, said Emily Abbott, the regional director of Church World Service/CROP.

The Moorpark event was unique in that participants were asked to bring ...

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