By Alana Moehring Mallard
Camp Mabry hosted the 2025 CROP Hunger Walk earlier this spring, where dozens of congregations, work groups, neighborhood groups, and families gathered to walk the running track to raise money for projects locally and around the world to stop hunger. So far, the walk has raised $101,000, one-fourth of which will be donated to local nonprofits.
Locally, Austin CROP Hunger Walk beneficiaries include Central Texas Food Bank, Casa Marianella, Micah 6 of Austin, iACT for Refugees, Hope Food Pantry, Faith Food Pantry, and Urban Roots. Almost 700 teams registered to raise money this year in Austin for local and global needs.
Sponsors of the Austin CROP Hunger Walk include the David and Diane Baker Donor Advised Fund, HEB Helping Here, VTX Energy Partners, and education sponsors Allan Periodontics, KJT St. Stephen Society #112 of the Catholic Union of Texas, Church Women United, Six Friends, Steve Vinklarek of State Farm Insurance, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
CROP Hunger Walks around the nation are the work of Church World Service to Fight disease, disaster, displacement, and other challenges that leave people hungry. The Austin walk will provide food and water as well as resources to help people meet their own needs, including seeds, tools, wells, water systems, technical training, and microloans. Church World Service has 79 years of experience working in partnerships around the world and in the U.S. More info and donate at austincrophungerwalk.org
The 2025 Austin CROP Hunger Walk was the 47th annual walk in Austin, with nearly 700 teams participating.
