Campus Ministry helps with 2019 Crop Walk
On Sunday, October 20th, members of CBA Campus Ministry showed up to Red Bank Regional High School to help organize over 16,000 pounds of donated food for the 2019 Crop Walk.
Each student organized and sorted 15 pounds of rice, beans, peanut butter, and other food items, which would be donated to 23 food pantries across New Jersey. With the help of the Fencing Team, CBA was able to get all the food sorted and loaded, so it could be transferred to the people who need it most.
This was the 39th Crop Walk that Red Bank has hosted, and it seems that like each time, more and more food gets donated.
“It was a really good turn out with a lot of people coming out to do the walk itself. We had tons of food delivered to us and we were able to get it to all 23 food pantries. Everyone in attendance was really happy to be there and volunteer for such a great cause,” said team leader Joe Borrino ’22.
Borrino took the initiative and assigned each volunteer with a specific job, some people would organize foods together and some people would unload food from cars of people who were donating, and they would give the food to the organizers.
This year, the Crop Walk raised over $109,000 and had just under 1,000 walkers participate in the five-mile walk around Red Bank and Little Silver. The rain and muggy weather of the day did not seem to have an effect on the number of people that showed up or the amount of food that was donated.
Before the walk, volunteers and participants were able to enjoy some live music from the Wag Band, who played classics from The Beatles such as “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” and “Here Comes the Sun.” There was also an art contest for middle school students to try and design a poster that best depicts the purpose of the Crop Walk.
The Crop Walk always brings in a large gathering of people who are there to support those in need, and the CBA students took that to another level when they organized, packed, loaded, and unloaded donated foods for five hours to be distributed amongst the food pantries.
The Crop Walk is just one of the many service opportunities that are provided by Mr. Butler and Campus Ministry. It shows how students get involved with their community and give help to those who need it, putting the needs of others of the needs of themselves.
