Started in the late 1960’s, CROP Hunger Walk was THE original walk to fundraise. CROP Hunger Walks are community fundraising events sponsored by CWS (Church World Service), an international relief, development and refugee resettlement agency.

Money raised by CROP Walks nationwide is used to provide food, medical care, disaster relief and self-help development for people in need around the world.

SOS was established in 1985 by seven religious congregations in Oakland County. SOS works with a diverse range of people struggling with homelessness, including first-time homeless, veterans, domestic violence victims, and people battling substance abuse, mental health issues, or both.

Since founding, SOS has cared for more than 12,208 children and adults. Partnering with 67 congregations, SOS operates a rotating shelter system to house and feed the homeless populations. Annually, over 8,000 volunteers commit approximately 42,000 hours of in-kind support to provide over 34,000 meals and 11,000 nights of shelter.

For nearly 40 years, Gleaners Community Food Bank has been feeding hungry people and nourishing our communities. Headquartered in Detroit, Gleaners operates five distribution centers in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Monroe Counties and provides food to 535 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and other agencies, throughout southeastern Michigan.

Gleaners collects 34.5 million pounds of food each year and distributes 79,000 meals each day including providing nourishing food and nutrition education to 84,700 children per year. Every dollar donated provides three meals and 93 cents of every donated dollar goes to food and food programs.